Dictionary entry details
• GUESS (noun)
Meaning:
A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
surmise; surmisal; supposition; speculation; guess; conjecture; hypothesis
Hypernyms ("guess" is a kind of...):
opinion; view (a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guess"):
divination (successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck)
Meaning:
An estimate based on little or no information
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
dead reckoning; guessing; guesswork; guess; shot
Hypernyms ("guess" is a kind of...):
approximation; estimate; estimation; idea (an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth)
• GUESS (verb)
Meaning:
Expect, believe, or suppose
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
guess; reckon; think; suppose; opine; imagine
Context examples:
I imagine she earned a lot of money with her new novel / I thought to find her in a bad state / he didn't think to find her in the kitchen / I guess she is angry at me for standing her up
Hypernyms (to "guess" is one way to...):
anticipate; expect (regard something as probable or likely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "guess"):
suspect (hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They guess that there was a traffic accident
Meaning:
Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
hazard; guess; venture; pretend
Context examples:
I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again / I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong
Hypernyms (to "guess" is one way to...):
speculate (talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "guess"):
anticipate; call; forebode; foretell; predict; prognosticate; promise (make a prediction about; tell in advance)
surmise; suspect (imagine to be the case or true or probable)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
gauge; estimate; approximate; guess; judge
Context example:
I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds
Hypernyms (to "guess" is one way to...):
calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "guess"):
guesstimate (estimate based on a calculation)
truncate (approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one)
count; reckon (take account of)
make (calculate as being)
assess (estimate the value of (property) for taxation)
lowball; underestimate (make a deliberately low estimate)
give (estimate the duration or outcome of something)
place; put; set (estimate)
misgauge (gauge something incorrectly or improperly)
quantise; quantize (approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Guess correctly; solve by guessing
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
guess; infer
Context example:
He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize
Hypernyms (to "guess" is one way to...):
figure out; lick; puzzle out; solve; work; work out (find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "guess"):
tell (discern or comprehend)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
