guess
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence…A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
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» It was just an educated guess.
Це була просто здогадка на основі досвіду. — deniko
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Examples
526 sentencesIt was just an educated guess.
Це була просто здогадка на основі досвіду. — deniko
Take a wild guess.
Вгадай! — Oheto
ruПопробуй угадать. — marafon
deRate einfach mal drauf los! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It was just a guess.
Це було лише припущення. — deniko
ruЭто было только предположение. — marafon
deDas war nur eine Schätzung. — al_ex_an_der
Meaning
1 sensesA prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
If you don't know the answer, take a guess.
Vermutung
дога́дкаdogádka
здо́гадкаzdóhadka, здога́дкаzdohádka, здо́гадzdóhad
- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
- an estimate based on little or no information
Origin
From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North GermaFrom 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
plural: guessesSynonyms
12 synonyms- a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence:conjecturesuppositionsurmisesurmisalspeculationhypothesis
- an estimate based on little or no information:guessworkguessingshotdead reckoning
Word family
13 related wordsCollocations
8 patterns- never guess
- guess how much
- guess is that
- never guess what
- guess what happened
- never guess who
- would've never guessed
- guess what else
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.