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guess
- /ɡɛs/
Rhymes with -ɛs
Where it comes from
From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”).
Cognate with Danish gisne (“to guess”), Norwegian gissa, gjette (“to guess”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”), Dutch gis (“a guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitiskōną). Compare also Russian гада́ть (gadátʹ, “to conjecture, guess, divine”), Albanian gjëzë (“riddle”) from gjej (“find, recover, obtain”). More at get.
verb guesses · guessing · guessed · guess
- To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate. We can only guess at what was going through her mind.
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly. He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
- To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility). That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.
- To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess". "I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right."
- To hit upon or reproduce by memory. Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them.
Similar: assume, conjecture, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, surmise, take a stab
noun guesses
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A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
If you don't know the answer, take a guess.
Similar: estimate, hypothesis, prediction
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: guesswork, conjecture, surmise, supposition, suppose, infer, think, estimate, hypothesis, imagine, reckon, approximate, speculation, judge, venture, hazard
verb
Similar: assume, conjecture, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, surmise, take a stab
Translations
Every language
verb to reach an unconfirmed conclusion
| Español | barruntar |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 추측하다 chucheukhada |
| 日本語 | 推測する suisoku suru, 察する sassuru, 憶測する okusoku suru |
| 中文 | 猜測 /猜测 cāicè, 猜 cāi, 推測 /推测 tuīcè |
| हिन्दी | अनुमान anumān, अटकल aṭkal |
| Português | adivinhar |
| Français | deviner |
| Deutsch | schätzen, raten |
| Italiano | indovinare |
| Ελληνικά | υποθέτω ypothéto, εικάζω eikázo |
| Română | bănui, ghici |
| Русский | гада́ть gadátʹ, погада́ть pogadátʹ, уга́дывать ugádyvatʹ, угада́ть ugadátʹ, отга́дывать otgádyvatʹ, отгада́ть otgadátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | đoán, phỏng đoán |
| العربية | خَمَّنَ ḵammana, حزر ḥazara |
| עברית | נִיחֵשׁ nikhésh |
verb to solve by a correct conjecture
| 日本語 | 当てる ateru, 言い当てる iiateru |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | अनुमान anumān |
| Português | adivinhar, deduzir |
| Français | déduire |
| Deutsch | erraten |
| Italiano | azzeccare |
| Ελληνικά | μαντεύω mantévo |
| Русский | уга́дывать ugádyvatʹ, угада́ть ugadátʹ, отга́дывать otgádyvatʹ, отгада́ть otgadátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | đoán ra, nghĩ ra |
verb to suppose, to imagine
| हिन्दी | अनुमान anumān |
|---|---|
| Português | achar, supor |
| Français | supposer, imaginer |
| Deutsch | denken, glauben, vermuten |
| Italiano | supporre, presumere |
| Ελληνικά | υποθέτω ypothéto, μάλλον mállon |
| Română | bănui, presupune |
| Русский | полага́ть polagátʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | chắc rằng, nghĩ |
verb (obsolete in English) to hit upon or reproduce by memory
| Deutsch | sich ins Gedächtnis zurückrufen, erinnern, vergegenwärtigen, rekapitulieren |
|---|
noun prediction about the outcome of something
| Español | cábala, adivinación, adivinamiento |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 추측 chucheuk |
| 日本語 | 推測 suisoku |
| 中文 | 猜測 /猜测 cāicè |
| हिन्दी | अनुमान anumān, अटकल aṭkal |
| Português | suposição, conjectura |
| Français | conjecture |
| Deutsch | Vermutung |
| Italiano | congettura |
| Ελληνικά | εικασία eikasía |
| Русский | дога́дка dogádka |
| Tiếng Việt | sự đoán |
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