Guess

Verb

Définitions

1.VerbTo reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

"We can only guess at what was going through her mind.; She guessed that the delivery driver must have got stuck in traffic."

2.VerbTo solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

"He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.; You guessed the right answer!; You will never guess what happened next."

3.VerbTo suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

"That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online."

4.VerbTo think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".

""I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right."; "I guess I'll go to bed.""

5.VerbTo hit upon or reproduce by memory.

6.NounA prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

"If you don't know the answer, take a guess."