1
as in to assume
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
though she does not speak with an accent, I would still guess that she is a foreigner
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2
as in to estimate
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
I would guess the road goes for about two miles before you have to take a left
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3
as in to think
to have as an opinion
I never would have guessed that she was capable of such a terrible thing
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as in guessing
an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence
if you don't know the answer for sure, just make a guess
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Recent Examples of guess
Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Yet, if the poll workers had to guess, only 15 ballots had been cast.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
Why Rubio would go down this path is anyone’s guess.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Want to guess how many of Yesavage’s other teammates, at any point in his life, have ever talked to him about his index-finger placement?
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026
Yet, if the poll workers had to guess, only 15 ballots had been cast.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
Either way, my guess is people will try to ride with Joe early and jettison him later in the game.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
Why Rubio would go down this path is anyone’s guess.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guess
Verb
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Minear replies coyly when asked a question that assumes Dixie and Buck went home together.—
Patrick Gomez,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Mar. 2026
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The scientific community long assumed that to understand how lightning works, one needed a massive storm cloud.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Mar. 2026
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It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.—
CA Earthquake Bot,
Sacbee.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority estimates about 6,290 RVs are being used as makeshift dwellings across the county.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In some regions, that means the actual sea level could be several meters higher, meaning millions more people are at risk of inundation than previously thought.—
Marcos Magaña,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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Now, the speaker of the House thinks that bill went too far.—
Mark Dee
March 6,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That's a lot of hemming and hawing, a lot of second- and triple-guessing, and a bevy of rewatches to gauge the worthiness of being part of a historically significant canon.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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For both players, there was no second-guessing.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
28 Feb. 2026
Verb
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After all, isn’t your cleanser supposed to remove oil from your face—not add more to the equation?—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
6 Mar. 2026
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Govan watched as the budget ballooned, and what was initially supposed to be a $650 million building became a $720 million albatross.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The latest print comes after the government overhauled the framework for calculating economic output to improve accuracy.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
5 Mar. 2026
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Southern had calculated that the plant would be economical if the price of natural gas rose above $5 per million BTUs (British thermal units).—
Business Columnist,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Indigenous Māori people once believed the boulders were gourds that washed ashore from an ancient canoe wreck, but the science behind it is just as interesting as the legend.—
Madeline Bilis,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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Asbille's character reportedly died of cancer, which is believed to be connected to a toxic waste dump located near a mine on the Broken Rock Reservation.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
8 Mar. 2026
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At universities, the study of ancient Chinese texts has historically been scattered across disciplines; now, under government direction, universities are trying to gather that scholarship in new classics departments where, one theory goes, ancient truths can be nurtured and passed down.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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His panels included doctors, physicists, engineers and others and their reports in 2020 and 2022, proposed a theory of the incidents.—
Will Croxton,
CBS News,
8 Mar. 2026
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