guessed; guessing; guesses
Definition of guess
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: to form an opinion of from little or no evidence
She could only guess what he meant.
3
: to arrive at a correct conclusion about by conjecture, chance, or intuition
guess the answer
: to make a guess
We can only guess at what really happened.
guess
nounDefinition of guess (Entry 2 of 2)
: conjecture, surmise
I don't know how old you are, but I'll venture a guess.
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