guess

About 24.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   We can only guess at what was going through her mind.

2. verb To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

   He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.

3. verb To 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. verb To 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."

5. verb To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
6. noun A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

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

Similar words

guesswork conjecture surmise supposition suppose infer think estimate hypothesis imagine

Often followed by

i that what you it the at we is

Word family

guessable guessed guesser guessers guesses guessing