| query | If you g____ that something is the case, you correctly form the opinion that it is the case, although you do not have definite knowledge about it.If you guess that something is the case, you correctly form the opinion that it is the case, although you do not have definite knowledge about it. By now you will have guessed that I'm back in Ireland. As you've probably guessed, the problem was electrical. He should have guessed what would happen. Someone might have guessed our secret and passed it on. |
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| word | guess |
| full-definition | verb If you guess something, you give an answer or provide an opinion which may not be true because you do not have definite knowledge about the matter concerned . The suit was faultless: Wood guessed that he was a very successful publisher or a banker. You can only guess at what mental suffering they endure. Paula reached for her camera, guessed distance and exposure, and shot two frames. Guess what I did for the whole of the first week. If she guessed wrong, it meant twice as many meetings the following week. If you guess that something is the case, you correctly form the opinion that it is the case, although you do not have definite knowledge about it. By now you will have guessed that I'm back in Ireland. As you've probably guessed, the problem was electrical. He should have guessed what would happen. Someone might have guessed our secret and passed it on. noun A guess is an attempt to give an answer or provide an opinion which may not be true because you do not have definite knowledge about the matter concerned. My guess is that the chance that these vaccines will work is zero. He'd taken her pulse and made a guess at her blood pressure. Well, we can hazard a guess at the answer. |
| inflections | guessesguessingguessed |
| cefr-level | A1 |
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