Word Meaning

guess definition and meaning

v. t. To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
v. t. To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
v. t. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.
v. t. To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
v. t. To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.
v. i. To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.
n. An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.

Crossword clues for guess

- At last, missing guests found shot in the dark
- Conjecture
- Estimate
- Estimate or conjecture
- Make a wild estimate
- Shot in the dark
- Speculate
- Speculate based on incomplete evidence
- Suppose
- Surmise
- What gutter press do on the outside ... speculate
- What gutter press do on the outside speculate
- Your ... is as good as mine