A1verb · intransitive · frequent

guess

guess · guesses · guessed · guessing

припускати, припустити, вгадати, здогадатися

угадать, угадывать, отгадать, отгадывать

schätzen, raten, denken, glauben

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

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/ɡɛs/

» I guess we should leave now.

Ich schätze, wir sollten jetzt gehen.

Думаю, нам треба зараз піти.

Гадаю, нам треба зараз піти.

Meaning

5 senses

To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
We can only guess at what was going through her mind.
She guessed that the delivery driver must have got stuck in traffic.
schätzen, raten
гада́тьgadátʹ, погада́тьpogadátʹ, уга́дыватьugádyvatʹ
припуска́тиprypuskáty, припусти́тиprypustýty
To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
You guessed the right answer!
erraten
уга́дыватьugádyvatʹ, угада́тьugadátʹ, отга́дыватьotgádyvatʹ
здога́дуватисяzdoháduvatysja, здогада́тисяzdohadátysja, уга́дуватиuháduvaty
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.
denken, glauben, vermuten
полага́тьpolagátʹ
припуска́тиprypuskáty
(colloquial)To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
"I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right."
"I guess I'll go to bed."
denken, glauben
(obsolete)To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
sich ins Gedächtnis zurückrufen, erinnern, vergegenwärtigen

More definitions

guess correctly; solve by guessing
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
expect, believe, or suppose

Examples

1931 sentences

I guess we should leave now.
Думаю, нам треба зараз піти.
deIch schätze, wir sollten jetzt gehen.
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I guess I should be going.
Гадаю, мені вже час іти.
ruКажется, мне надо идти.
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I guess it's not that easy.
Гадаю, це не так вже й просто.
ruНаверное, это не так-то просто.
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I guess Tom isn't at home.
Том, гадаю, не вдома.
ruЯ так думаю, что Том сейчас не дома.
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I guess Tom took my advice.
Думаю, Том скористався моєю порадою.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to reach an unconfirmed conclusion:

to solve by a correct conjecture:

Русский

By meaning 2

to reach an unconfirmed conclusion:

to suppose, to imagine:

Deutsch

By meaning 4

to reach an unconfirmed conclusion:

to solve by a correct conjecture:

to suppose, to imagine:

(obsolete in English) to hit upon or reproduce by memory:

Origin

From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germa

From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”).

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Forms

guesses, guessing, guessed, guessed

Base form	guess · to guess
3rd person singular	guesses
Present participle	guessing
Past simple	guessed
Past participle	guessed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	guess
he, she, it	guesses

Past simpleLesson

all persons

guessed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have guessed
he, she, it	has guessed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will guess

Synonyms

19 synonyms

assumeB1 conjectureC2 hypothesizeC2 speculateC1 supposeB1 surmisetake a stab

Close in meaning

guess correctly; solve by guessing:infer
put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation:venture pretend hazard
judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time):estimate gauge approximate judge
expect, believe, or suppose:think opine suppose imagine reckon

Word family

17 related words

Relatedguesser guessing

Derivedanyone's guess guesstimate guesswork foreguess guessability guessable guessing game guessive guesstimation guess what misguess outguess second-guess underguess unguessability

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

my guess is
never guess
guess the answer
guess how much
guess is that
never guess what
guess what happened
never guess who
guess this is
would've never guessed
guess both of
guess what else