Definitions for guesses

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guesses guess

Spelling: [ges]

IPA: /gɛs/

Guesses is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in guesses (eegsssu).

Definitions for guesses

noun

1. an opinion that one reaches or to which one commits oneself on the basis of probability alone or in the absence of any evidence whatever.
2. the act of forming such an opinion:

Idioms

1. by guess and by gosh, Northern U.S. using a combination of guesswork and reliance on luck; hit or miss. Also, by guess and by golly.

verb (used with object)

1. to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully:
2. to estimate or conjecture about correctly:
3. to think, believe, or suppose:

verb (used without object)

1. to form an estimate or conjecture (often followed by at or about):
2. to estimate or conjecture correctly.

Origin of guesses

1300-50; (v.) Middle English gessen, perhaps Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Danish, Norwegian gissa, Middle Low German gissen, Middle Dutch gessen, Old Norse geta; (noun) Middle English gesse

Examples for guesses

“I guess it was their first incident where they lose a plane,” said Dobersberger, the travel agent.

You may guess what your father's first question on his return will be.

Haha, what a sad thing to be great at, but yeah, I guess I am.

Internecine destruction probably has a meaning we can only guess at.

I guess we know how Bacchus kept his title as the god of wine and intoxication.

I guess so,' says he, and then he turned and went off to bed.

There you will guess how the greatest part of the hour was employed.

As Randy wrote, “I guess this speaks to the church not really having a place for gay people so getting married is still implicit.”

And then I got on a plane, and guess what was playing: I Never Sang for My Father.

The consonants were reproduced but the reader was forced to guess at the vowels.