guess has definitions from the fields of mathematics,psychology
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[ verb ] expect, believe, or suppose

Examples

"I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel" "I thought to find her in a bad state" "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen" "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"

Used in print

(Eugene Burdick, "The Invisible Aborigine"...)

Sometimes I guessed it was because the rain squall had changed direction .

(Rhode Island Governor's Proclamations:...)

They could not guess that from their concepts of liberty and freedom would some_day be_born a new nation that for years would be the symbol of hope to the oppressed countries of the world .

(David Alexander, Bloodstain....)

Pete turned_around and said to Marty , `` I guess you think I 'm a yellow-bellied hound .

I was lucky they let me go , I guess '' .

(Wayne D. Overholser, The Killer Marshal....)

I guess you 'd better go_on in the morning '' .

2
[ verb ] put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

Examples

"I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again" "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

If most_of them were n't exactly specific - well , that 's the way it is in life , I guess .

(Leon Uris, Mila 8....)

He guessed by their appearance that they were Rumanians .

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

She usually wore weeds , and a stranger watching her board a train might have guessed that Mr._Pastern was dead , but Mr._Pastern was far from dead .

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

But when he called_for his withered , wrinkled sister Rose to care for him and the children , had he guessed that all he would remember of his woman was the memory of her climbing into that streetcar ?

3
[ verb ] guess correctly; solve by guessing

Synonyms

infer

Examples

"He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

Used in print

(William S. Haymond, "Is Distance an Original...)

Often he seems even to have been able to guess correctly , without the tracing motions , solely on the basis of qualitative differences among the blot like things which appeared in his visual experience .

(Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)

As you have doubtless guessed already , the plot is plastered with Freudian , Jungian , and Meinckian theory .

Related terms

solve tell guesser

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[ verb ] (mathematics) form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate of, esp. quantities or time

Examples

"I estimate this chicken to weigh at three pounds"

Used in print

(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)

If , in a certain part of the range , it starts life 1 foot longer than do any of the other ( relatively large ) giants , and reaches maturity at , let us guess , 18 inches longer than the others , a quadrupling of the maturity length would result in a maximum of ( nearly ) 40 feet .

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

`` Well , I guess I know enough to turn you inside_out , you sockdologizing old mantrap '' ! said Trenchard , otherwise Hawk .

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

Thirty-five , I guess .

5
[ noun ] a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

Used in print

(Sports Age, 24:9...)

You read various guesses on how many Americans are camping .

(Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)

Still , these guesses about the outcome of the struggle cannot be as important as the actual power relationship between the Soviet_Union and ourselves .

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[ noun ] (mathematics,psychology) an estimate based on little or no information

Used in print

(J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)

One cannot make a very satisfactory guess about the micrometeorite flux in space .

Related terms

estimate

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