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Meaning of guess

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  guess
      n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete
           evidence [syn: {guess}, {conjecture}, {supposition},
           {surmise}, {surmisal}, {speculation}, {hypothesis}]
      2: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: {guess},
         {guesswork}, {guessing}, {shot}, {dead reckoning}]
      v 1: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of
           money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a bad
           state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"; "I
           guess she is angry at me for standing her up" [syn:
           {think}, {opine}, {suppose}, {imagine}, {reckon}, {guess}]
      2: put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I
         am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again";
         "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong" [syn: {guess},
         {venture}, {pretend}, {hazard}]
      3: judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or
         time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds" [syn:
         {estimate}, {gauge}, {approximate}, {guess}, {judge}]
      4: guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right
         number of beans in the jar and won the prize" [syn: {guess},
         {infer}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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