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BNC: 2218 COCA: 862

guess

1 guess /ˈgɛs/ verb
guesses; guessed; guessing
1 guess
/ˈgɛs/
verb
guesses; guessed; guessing
Learner's definition of GUESS
: to form an opinion or give an answer about something when you do not know much or anything about it猜测;估计
[+ object]
[no object]
Guess is used in phrases like guess what or guess who as an informal way of indicating that you have surprising news.猜猜怎么着;猜猜是谁
[+ object] : to guess (something) correctly : to make a correct conclusion about (someone or something) by chance猜中;猜对;猜到
◊ The phrase you guessed it is used as an informal way of saying that what follows is just what you would expect.你猜得到的
[+ object] chiefly US, informal : to suppose or think (something)认为;以为;猜想usually used following the pronoun I通常用在代词I后
◊ In responding to a question, the phrase I guess (so) is used as an informal way of agreeing or saying “yes” when you are not certain or not very excited or interested.我认为是的;我想是的
◊ The phrase I guess not is used as an informal way of agreeing with a negative statement or of saying “no.”我想不是的
see also second-guess

keep (someone) guessing

or chiefly US leave (someone) guessing
: to make it impossible for someone to know what will happen next让(某人)猜不透

— guesser

noun, plural guessers [count]
2 guess /ˈgɛs/ noun
plural guesses
2 guess
/ˈgɛs/
noun
plural guesses
Learner's definition of GUESS
[count]
: an attempt to give an opinion or answer about something when you do not know much about it or are not sure about it猜测;猜想
◊ An educated/informed guess is a guess that is probably close to being correct because it is based on some amount of knowledge.有根据的猜测

anybody's/anyone's guess

◊ Something that is anybody's/anyone's guess is something that is very uncertain or that no one knows.大家都拿不准的事
BNC: 2218 COCA: 862

guess

1 of 2

verb

guessed; guessing; guesses

transitive verb

1
: to form an opinion of from little or no evidence
She could only guess what he meant.
2
: believe, suppose
I guess you're right
3
: to arrive at a correct conclusion about by conjecture, chance, or intuition
guess the answer

intransitive verb

: to make a guess
We can only guess at what really happened.
guessable adjective
guesser noun

guess

2 of 2

noun

: conjecture, surmise
I don't know how old you are, but I'll venture a guess.

Example Sentences

Verb Can you guess how many people were there? He guessed that it would rain today. It was colder and windier than I had guessed it would be. She can only guess what he meant. I had to choose one, and I guessed right. If you can't think of an answer, guess. “I just heard why he left her.” “Let me guess—another woman.” As you might have guessed, her parents are not happy about her decision. We can only guess at what really happened. She guessed my age on her first try. Noun I'm not sure how old he is, but I'm willing to hazard a guess. My guess is that he'll change his story when he realizes how much trouble he's in. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
And so in most cases, royal watchers had to resort to reading the tea leaves to guess her stance. William Booth, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022 Several veterans of the early Smith universe are brought back into the fold, and there are surprise cameos from a few A-list stars whose names should be easy to guess for anyone who’s seen a Kevin Smith film before. Andrew Barker, Variety, 8 Sep. 2022 Right now, forecast models basically guess where the center of the storm is until hurricane hunter aircraft can fly inside it to pinpoint where exactly the center is. Jennifer Gray, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022 The pitch has also elevated the rest of his arsenal, making hitters guess at one more pitch out of the same arm slot. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 4 Sep. 2022 When asked to guess which of her specialties Cordae likes best, Osaka listed ribeye, shrimp, gnocchi and broccoli. Jolene Latimer, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022 In New York, there would still be no—guess the word—compromise. Leena Kim, Town & Country, 1 Sep. 2022 Choose from 500 prompts and guess what word friends are thinking of to fill in the blank. Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2022 That is what the old-timers say — guess that would be me. John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022
Noun
And yet when the Super Bowl rolls around in February, my guess is people are going to miss them. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2022 My guess is most of our workout schedules are determined more by our availability and motivation, than by science. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 31 Aug. 2022 My guess is the 49ers will stick with Nate Sudfeld as their backup entering the regular season. Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Aug. 2022 My guess for the software release is Monday, September 12, by the way. David Phelan, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 Players who stay in can win a letter towards spelling VIP and winning the veto, but if their guess is furthest away they'll be eliminated. Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 25 Aug. 2022 My guess is that there is little to such speculation. Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022 Not sure if there are any available statistics, but my guess would be only a small percentage lasts for so many years. Tribune News Service, al, 4 Aug. 2022 My guess is that Putin wants to liberate his comrade. New York Times, 28 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun

Middle English gessen, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian & Swedish gissa to guess, Middle Dutch gissen, gessen, Old Norse geta to get, guess — more at get

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of guess was in the 14th century
BNC: 2218 COCA: 862
guess

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + GUESS | GUESS + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVEfair, good, reasonable, safe合理的猜測;有把握的猜測April is a safe guess for first deliveries.4 月最有可能是第一次交貨的時間。educated, informed基於知識的/有依據的猜測She could make an educated guess as to what was wrong with him.她能夠憑知識推斷出他哪裏有問題。rough, wild大概的/胡亂的猜測At a rough guess, I'd say we're about twenty miles from home.粗略估算一下,我認為我們離家約有 20 英里。correct, lucky正確的猜測;僥幸猜中'How did you know?' 'It was just a lucky guess.'“你怎麼知道的?”“只不過是僥幸猜中罷了。”first, initial最初的/初步的猜測VERB + GUESShave, hazard, make, take, venture (especially NAmE) 猜測;冒險猜一下;猜想If you don't know the answer, have / take a guess.如果你不知道答案,可以猜一下。If I might hazard a guess...如果我可以冒險猜一下的話⋯If I had to venture a guess, I'd say this was painted in the 1890s.讓我冒昧猜一下的話,我認為這幅畫是 19 世紀 90 年代畫的。give sb讓某人猜'Where's Tom?' 'I'll give you three guesses (= the answer is obvious and you should guess it easily)!'“湯姆在哪裏?”“我讓你猜 3 次!”GUESS + VERBbe correct, be right猜測正確;猜對了PREPOSITIONat a guess憑猜測At a guess, I'd say there's a problem with the fuel pump.我估計燃料泵出了問題。guess about, guess as to, guess at對⋯的猜測He made a wild guess as to how much the piano might cost.他胡亂地猜了一下鋼琴的價格。PHRASESsb's best guess某人的最佳猜測What's your best guess on what's going to happen?你認為最可能會發生什麼事?a guess based on sth基於⋯的猜測a guess based on your experience基於你的經驗的猜測
guess

verb

ADVERB | VERB + GUESS | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERBcorrectly, right猜對;猜中incorrectly, wrong猜錯Jane had guessed wrong about who was responsible for the fire.簡沒有猜對誰該對這場火災負責。easily容易猜中an easily guessed password容易猜對的字謎VERB + GUESScan能猜到Can you guess his age?你能猜出他的年齡嗎?can only只能猜測We can only guess how fast a dinosaur might have run.我們只能猜測恐龍能跑多快。try to試圖猜測be easy to, not be difficult to, not be hard to容易猜測;不難推測It's not hard to guess where they went.不難猜到他們去了哪裏。PREPOSITIONat猜測⋯I was only guessing at her age.我只是在猜測她的年齡。from從⋯猜測She guessed from his expression that he had not won.她從他的表情推測出他沒贏。PHRASEScould have guessed, might have guessed, should have guessed本能夠/本可以/本應該猜到So it was Rob who broke the window? I might have guessed!這麼說是羅布打碎了窗玻璃?我早就應該猜到的!guess again再猜一次That's not the answer. Guess again.答案不正確。再猜一次。If you think I'm lying, well guess again.如果你認為我撒謊,那你就錯了。if you haven't already guessed如果你沒有猜對的話If you haven't already guessed, I'm going out with Steve.你不知道吧,我要和史蒂夫一起出去。I guess so, I guess not我猜想是如此;我不這樣認為let me guess讓我猜一下What star sign are you? No, let me guess.你是哪個星座的?別說,讓我猜一下。you can probably guess, you have probably guessed你很可能猜到;也許你早已猜到You can probably guess how she reacted!你或許可以料想到她的反應!you'll never guess where, who, how, etc.你永遠猜不出在哪裏、是誰、怎樣等You'll never guess who I saw yesterday!你永遠猜不到我昨天見到了誰!

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