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guess / ges/ • v. [tr.] estimate or suppose (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct: she guessed the child's age to be 14 or 15 | he took her aside, and I guessed that he was offering her a job. ∎ (guess at) make a conjecture about: their motives he could only guess at. ∎ correctly conjecture or perceive: she's guessed where we're going. ∎ [in imper.] used to introduce something considered surprising or exciting: guess what I've just seen! ∎ (I guess) inf. used to indicate that although one thinks or supposes something, it is without any great conviction or strength of feeling: I guess I'd better tell you everything. • n. an estimate or conjecture: my guess is that within a year we will have a referendum. PHRASES: anybody's (or anyone's) guess very difficult or impossible to determine: how well the system will work is anybody's guess. keep someone guessing inf. leave someone uncertain or in doubt as to one's intentions or plans.DERIVATIVES: guess·a·ble adj. guess·er n.
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guess1 †take aim XIII; form an approximate judgement or estimate of XIV. ME. gesse, with early var. agesse; perh. orig. naut. and — vars. with -e- of MLG., MDu. (Du., Fris.) gissen, or OSw. gissa, ODa. gitse; ult. f. base of GET.
So guess sb. XIV.
So guess sb. XIV.
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guess2 (with var. guest) in guess-rope XVII (guestrope), guess-warp XV (gyes warpe), rope for steadying a boat in tow, etc.; of uncert. orig.
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Guess / ges/ , George, see Sequoya.
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of diagnosticians—Mensa.
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•acquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes
•Jewess • shepherdess • Borges
•battledress • Mudéjares • headdress
•protectress • egress • ingress
•minidress • nightdress • congress
•sundress • procuress • murderess
•letterpress • watercress • shirtdress
•access
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