guess

guess has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. an estimate based on little or no information
• n.. a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
• v.. expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up"
• v.. guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
• v.. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"