Pronunciation: /ɡɛs/
noun a prediction or estimate made without definite knowledge
A1 I have a guess about what the answer might be.
A2 Can you take a guess at how many jelly beans are in the jar?
B1 My guess is that the meeting will be postponed.
B2 She made an educated guess based on the data available.
C1 His guess turned out to be correct, much to everyone's surprise.
C2 The scientist's guess was proven to be accurate after further research.
verb to estimate or suppose (something) without sufficient information
A1 I guess the answer is yes.
A2 Can you guess what time it is?
B1 I guess we should leave soon.
B2 I can only guess at what his intentions are.
C1 After analyzing the data, I can make an educated guess.
C2 She is so good at guessing people's thoughts and emotions.
formal I can only make an educated guess based on the information available.
informal I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
slang I guess it's whatever, you know?
figurative Sometimes life throws unexpected challenges at us, but we must learn to guess our way through them.
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