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guess

The correct spelling is guess.

How to pronounce guess

/ɡɛs/
verb

IPA: /ɡɛs/

Say it like: Gue-ss

The correct spelling is guess. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion. For example: "He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring."

Usage Examples

He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.

That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.

"I guess I'll go to bed."

Meanings

verb

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

noun

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

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