Word Definition

Guess

  1. To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
  2. To make a guess or random judgment; to conjecture; -- with at, about, etc.
  3. To judge or form an opinion of, from reasons that seem preponderating, but are not decisive.
  4. To form an opinion concerning, without knowledge or means of knowledge; to judge of at random; to conjecture.
  5. An opinion as to anything, formed without sufficient or decisive evidence or grounds; an attempt to hit upon the truth by a random judgment; a conjecture; a surmise.
  6. To think; to suppose; to believe; to imagine; -- followed by an objective clause.
  7. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs.