guess
(gĕs)
[Middle English gessen, probably of Scandinavian origin.]
verb: guessed, guess·ing, guess·es.
transitive verb
- To predict (a result or an event) without sufficient information.
- To assume, presume, or assert (a fact) without sufficient information.
- To form a correct estimate or conjecture of: guessed the answer.
- To suppose; think: I guess he was wrong.
intransitive verb
- To make an estimate or conjecture: We could only guess at her motives.
- To estimate or conjecture correctly.
noun
- An act or instance of guessing.
- A conjecture arrived at by guessing.
derivatives
- guesśer
- noun