guess

n 1: a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

[syn: {conjecture}, {supposition}, {surmise}, {speculation},

{hypothesis}]

2: an estimate based on little or no information [syn: {guesswork},

{guessing}, {shot}, {dead reckoning}]

v 1: expect, believe, or suppose; "I imagine she earned a lot of

money with her new novel"; "I thought to find her in a

bad state"; "he didn't think to find her in the kitchen"

[syn: {think}, {suppose}, {imagine}, {reckon}]

2: out forward, of a guess [syn: {venture}, {hazard}]

3: form an opinion about; judge tentatively; form an estimate

of, esp. quantities or time; "I estimate this chicken to

weigh at three pounds" [syn: {estimate}, {gauge}, {approximate},

{judge}]

4: guess correctly; solve by guessing [syn: {infer}]