Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - guess
Guess
guess
v. & n. --v. 1 tr. (often absol.) estimate without calculation or measurement, or on the basis of inadequate data. 2 tr. (often foll. by that etc. + clause, or to + infin.) form a hypothesis or opinion about; conjecture; think likely (cannot guess how you did it; guess them to be Italian). 3 tr. conjecture or estimate correctly by guessing (you have to guess the weight). 4 intr. (foll. by at) make a conjecture about. --n. an estimate or conjecture reached by guessing. Phrases and idioms anybody's (or anyone's) guess something very vague or difficult to determine. I guess colloq. I think it likely; I suppose. keep a person guessing colloq. withhold information. Derivatives guessable adj. guesser n. Etymology: ME gesse, of uncert. orig.: cf. OSw. gissa, MLG, MDu. gissen: f. the root of GET v.
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I. verb see: get Date: 14th century transitive verb to form an opinion of from little or no evidence, believe, suppose , to arrive at a correct conclusion about by conjecture, chance, or intuition , intransitive verb to make a ~, ~able adjective ~er noun II. noun Date: 14th century conjecture, surmise ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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