guess

Meanings

Verb

• To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.
• To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
• to suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
• To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
• To hit upon or reproduce by memory.

Noun

• A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.

Related

Similar words

• hypothesize
• take a stab
• speculate
• assume

Origin

• . Compare also Russian гада́ть, Albanian gjëzë from gjej. More at get.
• From Middle English gesse. Cognate with Dutch gis.