| VERB | cognition | guess, think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon | expect, believe, or suppose |
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| communication | guess, venture, pretend, hazard | put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | |
| cognition | guess, estimate, gauge, approximate, judge | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | |
| cognition | guess, infer | guess correctly | |
| NOUN | communication | guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
| cognition | guess, guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning | an estimate based on little or no information |
| Sounds | geh's | |
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| Rhymes | ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs... | |
| Meaning | A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. | |
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| Synonyms | conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis | |
| Narrower | divination | successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck |
| Broader | opinion, view | A message expressing a belief about something |
| Spanish | conjetura, especulación, suposición, surmisal | |
| Catalan | conjectura, conjetura, especulació, suposició, surmisal | |
| Verbs | guess | expect, believe, or suppose |
| guess | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time) | |
| guess | put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | |
| Meaning | An estimate based on little or no information. | |
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| Synonyms | guesswork, guessing, shot, dead reckoning | |
| Broader | estimate, estimation, approximation, idea | An approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth |
| Spanish | conjetura | |
| Verbs | guess | expect, believe, or suppose |
| guess | put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation | |
| Meaning | Expect, believe, or suppose. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Model | They guess that there was a traffic accident | |
| Example | "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up" | |
| Synonyms | think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon | |
| Narrower | suspect | hold in suspicion |
| Broader | expect, anticipate | regard something as probable or likely |
| Spanish | creer, imaginar, opinar, pensar, suponer | |
| Catalan | creure, imaginar, opinar, pensar, suposar | |
| Nouns | guess | an estimate based on little or no information |
| guess | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | |
| guesser | a person who guesses | |
| Meaning | Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again" | |
| Synonyms | venture, pretend, hazard | |
| Narrower | predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise | make a prediction about |
| suspect, surmise | imagine to be the case or true or probable | |
| Broader | speculate | talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion |
| Spanish | adivinar, aparentar, aventurar, conjeturar, especular, fingir | |
| Catalan | aparentar, aventurar, conjecturar, endevinar, fingir | |
| Nouns | guess, guessing | an estimate based on little or no information |
| guess | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence | |
| guesser | a person who guesses | |
| Meaning | judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonyms | estimate, gauge, approximate, judge | |
| Entailed by | punish, penalize, penalise | impose a penalty on |
| Narrower | assess | Estimate the value of (property) for taxation |
| give | Estimate the duration or outcome / outcome of something | |
| guesstimate | Estimate based on a calculation | |
| lowball, underestimate | make a deliberately low estimate | |
| make | calculate as being | |
| misgauge | gauge something incorrectly or improperly | |
| place, put, set | Estimate | |
| quantize, quantise | Approximate (a signal varying continuously in amplitude) by one whose amplitude is restricted to a prescribed set of discrete values | |
| reckon, count | take account of | |
| truncate | Approximate by ignoring all terms beyond a chosen one | |
| Broader | calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure | make a mathematical calculation or computation |
| Spanish | calcular, echar, estimar, tasar | |
| Catalan | apreciar, calcular, taxar | |
| Nouns | guess | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence |
| guesser | a person who guesses | |
| Meaning | guess correctly; solve by guessing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize" | |
| Synonym | infer | |
| Narrower | tell | discern or comprehend |
| Broader | solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work | Find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning / meaning of |
| Spanish | adivinar, atinar, conjeturar, inferir, suponer | |
| Catalan | conjecturar, suposar | |
| Nouns | guesser | a person who guesses |
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