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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ges |
| Phonetic Transcription : gɛs |
Definition of guesses
Origin :- c.1300, gessen "to estimate, appraise," originally "take aim," probably from Scandinavian (cf. Middle Danish gitse, getze "to guess," Old Norse geta "guess, get"), possibly influenced by Middle Dutch gessen, Middle Low German gissen "to guess," all from Proto-Germanic *getiskanan "to get" (see get). Sense evolution is from "to get," to "to take aim at," to "to estimate." Meaning "to hit upon the right answer" is from 1540s. U.S. sense of "calculate, recon" is true to the oldest English meaning. Spelling with gu- is late 16c., sometimes attributed to Caxton and his early experience as a printer in Bruges. Related: Guessed; guessing. Guessing game attested from 1650s.
- noun belief, speculation
- verb try to figure out; imagine
- A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- A place where astronomers conjecture away the guesses of their predecessors.
- Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
- "Neither of your guesses hits the mark, Tubby," he was informed.
- Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson
- Nor does Plato himself attribute any importance to his guesses at science.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- The ancients should not be wholly deprived of the credit of their guesses because they were unable to prove them.
- Extract from : « Timaeus » by Plato
- Brown thought and guessed and surmised, but guesses and surmises were fruitless.
- Extract from : « The Woman-Haters » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- "They've come nearer than they hoped for in some guesses," he said.
- Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
- Do you suppose that he guesses the situation—how anxious we are to hush the scandal up?
- Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster
- It might be one of a dozen things; I know you are all wrong in your guesses.
- Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
- This the reader probably "guesses" must be brother Jonathan, and he guesses about right.
- Extract from : « An Old Sailor's Yarns » by Nathaniel Ames
Synonyms for guesses
- assumption
- ballpark figure
- believe
- calculate
- chance
- conclusion
- conjecture
- dare say
- deduce
- deduction
- deem
- divination
- divine
- estimate
- fancy
- fathom
- feeling
- go out on a limb
- guesstimate
- guesswork
- happen upon
- hazard
- hunch
- hypothesis
- hypothesize
- induction
- infer
- inference
- judge
- judgment
- jump to a conclusion
- lump it
- notion
- opine
- opinion
- penetrate
- pick
- postulate
- postulation
- predicate
- predict
- prediction
- presume
- presumption
- presupposition
- pretend
- reason
- reckon
- reckoning
- select
- shot
- shot in the dark
- size up
- sneaking suspicion
- solve
- speculate
- stab
- suggest
- supposal
- suppose
- supposition
- surmisal
- surmise
- survey
- suspect
- suspicion
- take a shot at
- take a stab at
- theorize
- theory
- thesis
- think
- think likely
- venture
- view
- work out
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