guess
verb [I or T] /ɡes/Definition
A2 to give an answer to a particular question when you do not have all the facts and so cannot be certain if you are correct: I didn't know the answer, so I had to guess. On the last question, she guessed right/wrong. [+ question word] Guess when this was built. [+ (that)] I guessed (that) she was your sister. She asked me to guess her age. I guessed the total amount to be about £50,000.Guessing, supposing and suspecting A2 to give the correct answer or make the correct judgment: [+ question word] I bet you can't guess how old he is. She guessed the answer first time. "You've got a new job, haven't you?" "Yes, how did you guess?"Imagining and conceiving guess what? A2 informal › used before telling someone something interesting or surprising: Guess what? We won the match 4–0.InterjectionsSounds used as interjections I guess B1 informal › used when you believe something is true or likely but are not certain: [+ (that)] I guess (that) things are pretty hard for you now.Imagining and conceiving
(Definition of guess verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a reach of the imagination idiom
- assume verb (ACCEPT)
- blue-sky adjective
- conceivable adjective
- conceive verb (IMAGINE)
- conceive verb (INVENT)
- conceptualize verb
- dream verb (HOPE)
- dream verb (SLEEP)
- grant verb (ACCEPT)
- imagine verb
- look on/upon sb/sth as sth phrasal verb
- picture noun (IMAGE)
- picture verb
- presumption noun
- put yourself in sb's place/position/shoes idiom
- reckon verb (CONSIDER)
- vision noun (MENTAL IMAGE)
- vision noun (VIEW OF THE FUTURE)
- visualize verb
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