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guess
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?s, IPA(key): /??s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Etymology 1
From Middle English gessen, probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitis?n? (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getan? (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gisse (“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”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitisk?n?). Compare also Russian ??????? (gadát?, “to conjecture, guess, divine”), Albanian gjëzë (“riddle”) from gjej (“find, recover, obtain”). More at get.
Verb
guess (third-person singular simple present guesses, present participle guessing, simple past and past participle guessed)
- To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
- To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
- (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
- 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace
- But in known images of life I guess / The labour greater.
- 1714, Alexander Pope, Imitations of Horace
- (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
- (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
Synonyms
- hypothesize
- take a stab
- speculate
- assume
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English gesse. Cognate with Dutch gis (“a guess”).
Noun
guess (plural guesses)
- A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
- Synonyms: estimate, hypothesis, prediction
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- guess in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- guess in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Guses
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judgement
English
Noun
judgement (countable and uncountable, plural judgements)
- (chiefly Commonwealth of Nations) Alternative spelling of judgment.
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