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Guessing
see synonyms of guessingNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Guessing
see synonyms of guessingverb (when tr, may take a clause as object)
1. (when intr, often foll by at or about)
to form or express an uncertain estimate or conclusion (about something), based on insufficient information
guess what we're having for dinner
2.
to arrive at a correct estimate of (something) by guessing
he guessed my age
3. informal, mainly US and Canadian
to believe, think, or suppose (something)
I guess I'll go now
4. keep a person guessing
noun
5.
an estimate or conclusion arrived at by guessing
a bad guess
6.
the act of guessing
7. anyone's guess
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Guessing
see synonyms of guessing verb transitive, verb intransitive
1.
to form a judgment or estimate of (something) without actual knowledge or enough facts for certainty; conjecture; surmise
2.
to judge correctly by doing this
3.
to think or suppose
I guess I can do it
noun
4.
the act of guessing
5.
a judgment or estimate formed by guessing; conjecture; surmise
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Guessing
see synonyms of guessingv. guessed, guess·ing, guess·es
v.tr.
1.
a. To predict (a result or an event) without sufficient information.
b. To assume, presume, or assert (a fact) without sufficient information.
2. To form a correct estimate or conjecture of: guessed the answer.
3. To suppose; think: I guess he was wrong.
v.intr.
1. To make an estimate or conjecture: We could only guess at her motives.
2. To estimate or conjecture correctly.
n.
1. An act or instance of guessing.
2. A conjecture arrived at by guessing.
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