guess

To guess is defined as to predict, assume or estimate.

(verb)

An example of guess is to figure that about 50 people will be at the party.

The definition of a guess is an act of predicting, estimating or assuming.

(noun)

An example of a guess is the thought that about 10 people will be in the race.

See guess in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to form a judgment or estimate of (something) without actual knowledge or enough facts for certainty; conjecture; surmise
to judge correctly by doing this
to think or suppose: I guess I can do it

Origin: ME gessen, to judge, estimate, prob. < MDu, akin to Dan gisse, Swed gissa, ON geta: for IE base see get

noun

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See guess in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb guessed, guess·ing, guess·es

verb, transitive

a. To predict (a result or an event) without sufficient information.
b. To assume, presume, or assert (a fact) without sufficient information.
To form a correct estimate or conjecture of: guessed the answer.
To suppose; think: I guess he was wrong.

verb, intransitive