1
as in to assume
to form an opinion from little or no evidence
though she does not speak with an accent, I would still guess that she is a foreigner
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2
as in to estimate
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
I would guess the road goes for about two miles before you have to take a left
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3
as in to think
to have as an opinion
I never would have guessed that she was capable of such a terrible thing
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as in guessing
an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence
if you don't know the answer for sure, just make a guess
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Recent Examples of guess
Andrew Solender, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
But as the booster was set to reignite its engines for touchdown, the live data from the rocket cut off and Blue Origin webcast hosts were left guessing what might have happened.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
What will lead at next weekend's box office is anyone's guess, as the upcoming slate of Friday premieres doesn't contain any obvious tentpoles of the Mufasa or Sonic stripe.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Verb
President-elect Trump sent shockwaves through Capitol Hill on Friday by announcing that his inaugural ceremonies will take place indoors, leaving members of Congress guessing about their plans.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
But as the booster was set to reignite its engines for touchdown, the live data from the rocket cut off and Blue Origin webcast hosts were left guessing what might have happened.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
The researchers' best guess is that the white dwarf is a telltale remnant of an inevitable merger of stars that once orbited each other every few days.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 15 Jan. 2025
What will lead at next weekend's box office is anyone's guess, as the upcoming slate of Friday premieres doesn't contain any obvious tentpoles of the Mufasa or Sonic stripe.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guess
Verb
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When Trump assumed office in 2017, just over 542,000 cases were pending.—
Andrea Castillo,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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During a family dinner, OP's father assumed the baby would be named after OP's late stepmother.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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By 2035 it’s estimated there will be more Americans aged 65 and over than 18 and younger.—
Letters to the editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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Liberty Mutual Insurance estimates that the U.S. Healthcare and Social Assistance industry loses nearly $6.2 billion per year due to serious, nonfatal workplace injuries, 34% of which are due to overexertion of handling objects and awkward postures.—
Borislav "Bobby" Marinov,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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And does the new Bears coach think Poles can fix the gaps in free agency and the draft? Johnson will have much to share about his plans in the days ahead.—
Colleen Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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The researchers think one of the existing goals, in particular, is relevant to the space problem.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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The buzz of an overachieving team that wasn’t supposed to be here was palpable.—
Colton Pouncy,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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When a host commits both a crime and causes an ecological disaster, what is a guest supposed to do?—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The game figures to be tight, and for a while now, coach Andy Reid’s Chiefs have been winning such duels.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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At first, the eagles didn’t take to the nest, and eagle watchers figured the pair had begun building a new nest nearby.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Jan. 2025
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Ted Nguyen believes the Ravens secondary can be exploited, though, and that’s spurring my pick.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Joe Kelly, a relief pitcher on Los Angeles' last two World Series teams (2020 and 2024), believes players such as Sasaki and Shohei Ohtani would wind up on the Dodgers in a salary-cap system anyway.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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All three men were national and international icons whose assassinations — and the theories swirling around them — became the stuff of books, movies, controversy, and the pages of history itself.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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The theory dates to An Emerging Democratic Majority, an influential 2002 book by political scientists John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira.—
Jane Hong / Made by History,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The city filed the petition last week after several armed and suspected members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang also known as TDA, were alleged to have kidnapped, bound and pistol-whipped two people at the complex last month.—
Deon J. Hampton,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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More fundamentally, some researchers suspect that a lifetime’s worth of random genomic mistakes might underlie much of the aging process.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Guess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guess. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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