guess | |
1. v. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion. | |
2. v. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly. | |
He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring. | |
3. v. (chiefly US) to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility). | |
That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online. | |
4. v. (colloquial) 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.". | |
"I guess I'll go to bed.". | |
5. v. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory. | |
6. n. A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support. | |
If you don't know the answer, take a guess. | |