Definition of Guess

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Definition of Guess

Guess

To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.

To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.

To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.

To hit upon or reproduce by memory.

To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.

To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.

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.

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Guess Quotations

I have too many fantasies to be a housewife. I guess I am a fantasy.
Marilyn Monroe

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
Benjamin Franklin

I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Bill Cosby

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.
Walt Disney

I guess there is nothing that will get your mind off everything like golf. I have never been depressed enough to take up the game, but they say you get so sore at yourself you forget to hate your enemies.
Will Rogers

An economist's guess is liable to be as good as anybody else's.
Will Rogers

Every spirit makes its house, and we can give a shrewd guess from the house to the inhabitant.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.
Bob Dylan

It all has to come from inside, though, I guess.
Jimi Hendrix

Basically, my problem was attributed to stress more than anything. I don't know what that does and I guess doctors can tell you that there's chemicals that build up in your system when you go through a lot of stress and constant stress.
Mike Ditka

Guess Translations

guess in Dutch is raden, gissen, doorzien
guess in Finnish is olettaa, aavistaa
guess in French is supposer, deviner, devinez, devinent, devinons
guess in Latin is coniecto
guess in Norwegian is gjette, gjetning
guess in Swedish is gissa, gissning

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