guess

to form an opinion of from little or no evidence

The first known use: in the 14th century

Word Structure

5 Letters, 1 Syllable

guess

3 Phonemes

g e s

onset, rime

g uess

Morpheme

guess

Sentence Examples

He guessed that it would rain today.

It was colder and windier than I had guessed it would be.

She can only guess what he meant.

I had to choose one, and I guessed right.

If you can't think of an answer, guess.

As you might have guessed, her parents are not happy about her decision.

We can only guess at what really happened.

She guessed my age on her first try.

I'm not sure how old he is, but I'm willing to hazard a guess.

My guess is that he'll change his story when he realizes how much trouble he's in.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

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