Meaning of "guess" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GUESS

Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Swedish gissa, Old Danish gitse, Middle Dutch gissen.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GUESS

guess  [ɡɛs]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUESS

Guess is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb guess in English.

WHAT DOES GUESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Guess

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Definition of guess in the English dictionary

The first definition of guess in the dictionary is when intr, often foll by at or about to form or express an uncertain estimate or conclusion, based on insufficient information. Other definition of guess is to arrive at a correct estimate of by guessing. Guess is also to believe, think, or suppose.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GUESS

PRESENT

Present

I guess

you guess

he/she/it guesses

we guess

you guess

they guess

Present continuous

I am guessing

you are guessing

he/she/it is guessing

we are guessing

you are guessing

they are guessing

Present perfect

I have guessed

you have guessed

he/she/it has guessed

we have guessed

you have guessed

they have guessed

Present perfect continuous

I have been guessing

you have been guessing

he/she/it has been guessing

we have been guessing

you have been guessing

they have been guessing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I guessed

you guessed

he/she/it guessed

we guessed

you guessed

they guessed

Past continuous

I was guessing

you were guessing

he/she/it was guessing

we were guessing

you were guessing

they were guessing

Past perfect

I had guessed

you had guessed

he/she/it had guessed

we had guessed

you had guessed

they had guessed

Past perfect continuous

I had been guessing

you had been guessing

he/she/it had been guessing

we had been guessing

you had been guessing

they had been guessing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will guess

you will guess

he/she/it will guess

we will guess

you will guess

they will guess

Future continuous

I will be guessing

you will be guessing

he/she/it will be guessing

we will be guessing

you will be guessing

they will be guessing

Future perfect

I will have guessed

you will have guessed

he/she/it will have guessed

we will have guessed

you will have guessed

they will have guessed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been guessing

you will have been guessing

he/she/it will have been guessing

we will have been guessing

you will have been guessing

they will have been guessing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would guess

you would guess

he/she/it would guess

we would guess

you would guess

they would guess

Conditional continuous

I would be guessing

you would be guessing

he/she/it would be guessing

we would be guessing

you would be guessing

they would be guessing

Conditional perfect

I would have guess

you would have guess

he/she/it would have guess

we would have guess

you would have guess

they would have guess

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been guessing

you would have been guessing

he/she/it would have been guessing

we would have been guessing

you would have been guessing

they would have been guessing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you guess
we let´s guess
you guess

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to guess

Past participle

guessed

Present Participle

guessing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «GUESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «guess» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of guess

believe · conjecture · estimate · fancy · fathom · feeling · hypothesis · hypothesize · idea · imagine · judge · judgment · notion · postulate · predict · reckon · reckoning · shot in the dark · speculate · speculation · suppose · supposition · surmise · suspect · suspicion · theory · think · work out

TRANSLATION OF GUESS

Find out the translation of guess to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of guess from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «guess» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 猜测
• Translator English - Spanish: suposición
• English: guess
• Translator English - Hindi: अनुमान
• Translator English - Arabic: تَخْمين
• Translator English - Russian: догадка
• Translator English - Portuguese: suposição
• Translator English - Bengali: অনুমান
• Translator English - French: hypothèse
• Translator English - Malay: Meneka
• Translator English - German: Vermutung
• Translator English - Japanese: 推測
• Translator English - Korean: 추측
• Translator English - Javanese: Guess
• Translator English - Vietnamese: ước đoán
• Translator English - Tamil: யூகிக்க
• Translator English - Marathi: अंदाज लावणे
• Translator English - Turkish: tahmin
• Translator English - Italian: supposizione
• Translator English - Polish: przypuszczenie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: здогадка
• Translator English - Romanian: încercare de a ghici
• Translator English - Greek: εικασία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: raai
• Translator English - Swedish: gissning
• Translator English - Norwegian: gjetning

10 QUOTES WITH «GUESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word guess.

1

Giulio Andreotti

You sin in thinking bad about people - but, often, you guess right.

2

Corazon Aquino

I guess my religious faith sustained me more than anything else. Family is also very important. If I didn't have children, it would have been too difficult. Even if you are strong, you still need people who would support you all the way.

3

Simon Beaufoy

I guess my approach to adapting books is to treat them with a deep respect on one level and at another level part them to one side and go, 'I'm doing something completely different here.'

4

Robert Crais

I don't think about the gender of my readers or about reader expectations. I'm frankly scared to. I figured out a long time ago that if I tried to guess the audience, it would be like me trying to guess which stocks to buy.

5

Willem Dafoe

I guess they often cast me as the bad guy, because I'm not, er, conventional looking. I look sort of violent. I'm the odd one out, the outsider.

6

Bernard Ebbers

I guess the one question I will not get today is: When are you going to do anything about cellular?

7

Billy Eckstine

As a matter of fact they'd blacken us down. I guess there's a reason that according to what the Caucasian wanted us to look like. He wanted us to look-if we were Black, then he had his idea of what we look like.

8

Will Eisner

A key to my thinking has always been the almost fanatical belief that what I was engaged in was a literary art form. That belief was compounded out of ego and necessity, I guess, a combination of the two.

9

Lady Gaga

Every bit of me is devoted to love and art. And I aspire to try to be a teacher to my young fans who feel just like I felt when I was younger. I just felt like a freak. I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm trying to liberate them, I want to free them of their fears and make them feel that they can make their own space in the world.

10

Louie Gohmert

I had a lot of friends in high school who said, 'Louie, I don't care what the government does as long as they leave me alone.' Well, guess what, when you don't care what the government does, it does not leave you alone.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUESS»

Discover the use of guess in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to guess and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Guess What?

Who is that crazy old lady called Daisy O'Grady? Why does she dress all in black? And what is she going to do with those rats' tails, toenails and dead lizards' scales in her pantry? You'll just have to guess!

Mem Fox, 2008

Cases in Public Policy Analysis

Combining the insights of an economist and a political scientist, this new third edition of Cases in Public Policy Analysis offers real world cases to provide students with the institutional and political dimensions of policy problems as ...

George M. Guess, Paul G. Farnham, 2011

Guess Who Purrs

"Following a guessing game format, this book provides young readers with clues about a cat's physical characteristics, behaviors, and habitats, challenging readers to identify it"--Provided by publisher.

Dana Meachen Rau, 2008

Any Body's Guess!: Quirky Quizzes About What Makes You Tick

Part brainy quiz book, part brawny stand-up comedy, and all one hysterical anatomy lesson, Any Body's Guess!

Michael J. Rosen, 2010

Charles Peirce's Guess at the Riddle: Grounds for Human ...

The book makes an important contribution to philosophy of life and to the humanities in general."Â -- Nathan Houser "In clear and concise prose, Sheriff describes Peirce's 'theory of everything,' a vision of cosmic and human meaning that ...

John K. Sheriff, 1994

Guess What I Heard at the Beauty Shop

It is revealing, thought provoking, and compelling. It will make you mad, it will make you cry, it will make you laugh, and most of all you will be able to relate to what each woman has gone through in this book.

Camilla Vargas, 2009

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner Now?: Multicultural ...

The book begins by putting gay and lesbian sexuality and politics in historical context and demonstrates how and why queer theory emerged in the West in the late twentieth century.

Angela D. Dillard, 2002

Guess Who

A collection of reissued stories with simple vocabulary featuring Dick, Jane, and other familiar characters.

Unknown, Grosset & Dunlap, 2003

Guess Who's Adopted?

Just follow the directions on our website www.guesswhosadopted.com and you can add a personalized page to your copy of the book honoring your very own celebrity! Guess Who's Adopted? celebrates diversity.

Laura Kowalczyk Richards, 2007

Art Therapy and Learning Disabilities: "Don't guess my ...

First Published in 2012. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Stephanie Bull, Kevin O'Farrell, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term guess is used in the context of the following news items.

Guess which huge company now offers unlimited vacation

Unlimited vacation policies aren't just for start-ups. One of America's largest corporations is also taking a more liberal stance on employee time ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»

You'll never guess the sport taking off in India's slums

The full squad of India's under-23 team, who are headed to the world championship in London this July. Varsha Yeshwant Kumar/GlobalPost. «LA Daily News, Jul 15»

Guess what? Apple is becoming a record label

If you're not reaching, engaging, and monetizing customers on mobile, you're likely losing them to someone else. Register now for the 8th ... «VentureBeat, Jul 15»

Guess Which 'Glee' Stars Just Got Married In Secret?

Weddings are usually pretty cheery business — unless we're talking about a scene from “Game of Thrones,” but that's a subject for another post ... «MTV.com, Jul 15»

Guess how many minorities work in liberal environmental groups

Guess how many minorities work in liberal environmental groups. By Newsmachete. Republicans are constantly attacked for not having ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»

Guess Where I'm Eating Contest 71

If the name is familiar, that's because Scruggs, a true-blue champion of Memphis food, is also reigning champ of this contest, having won 8 ... «Memphis Flyer, Jul 15»

(FALSE RUMOR!) Rambo returns for Last Blood and guess who he'll …

(FALSE RUMOR!) Rambo returns for Last Blood and guess who he'll be fighting. By David Pescovitz at 9:58 am Mon, Jul 13, 2015 ... «Boing Boing, Jul 15»

NY Times Accused Ted Cruz Of Cheating – But Guess Who Just Got …

NY Times Accused Ted Cruz Of Cheating – But Guess Who Just Got The Last Laugh. Image credit: Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com. Cruz has ... «Western Journalism, Jul 15»

Swimming in smartmobe profit? Let us guess, you're Tim Cook?

Apple single-handedly accounted for nine-tenths of smartphone profits in the first months of 2015, beancounters claim. Analysts at Canaccord ... «The Register, Jul 15»

Guess what?: Zaskia in serious relationship

Guess what?: Zaskia in serious relationship. The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | People | Tue, July 14 2015, 10:22 AM. Kapanlagi.com. People News. Guess what? «Jakarta Post, Jul 15»