guess

verb
gĕs

To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

Example

“We can only guess at what was going through her mind.”

Other meanings

To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
“He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.”
To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
“That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.”

Synonyms

think
suppose
imagine

Example sentences

“My guess is that aliens were behind it.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“I guess I'll have to take your word for it.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "gesse".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “guess” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.