guess

🇺🇸 /ɡes/ 🇬🇧 /ɡes/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-A2
verb
A1

to try to answer or decide without knowing for sure

I can only guess why she didn't come.

A1

to find the answer without knowing all the facts

Can you guess what I'm thinking?

A1

used to introduce surprising news

Guess what happened today!

A2

to think something is true or likely

I guess we should leave now.

noun
R

an answer or opinion given without being sure

My guess is that it will rain tomorrow.

translation

v. to try to answer or decide without knowing for sure; to find the answer without knowing all the facts; used to introduce surprising news; to think something is true or likely
n. an answer or opinion given without being sure

Word Forms

3rd Present guesses
Progressive guessing
Past guessed
Perfect guessed
Plural guesses

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