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noun ADJ. fair, good, reasonable, safe April is the best guess for first deliveries. | calculated, educated, informed, inspired, intelligent As a vet, he could make an educated guess as to what was wrong with his stomach. | rough, wild At a rough guess, I'd say we're about twenty miles from home. | lucky ‘How did you know?’‘It was just a lucky guess.’ VERB + GUESS have, hazard, make, take If you don't know the answer, have a guess. If I might hazard a guess … | give sb ‘Where's Tom?’ ‘I'll give you three guesses!’ (= the answer is fairly obvious and you should guess it easily) PREP. at a ~ At a guess, I'd say there's a problem with the fuel pump. | ~ about/as to/at He made a wild guess as to how much the piano might cost., verb ADV. correctly, right | incorrectly, wrong Jane had guessed wrong about who was responsible for the fire. | never You'll never guess what she told me. VERB + GUESS can/could Can you guess his age? | can only We can only guess how fast a dinosaur might have run. | try to | be easy to, not be difficult to, not be hard to It's not hard to guess where they went. PREP. at I was only guessing at her age. | from She guessed from his expression that he had not won. PHRASES could/might/should have guessed So it was Rob who broke the window? I might have guessed! | let me guess What star sign are you? No, let me guess.
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verbs
make a guess
• I didn't know the answer to question 7, so I just had to make a guess.
have a guess
British English , take a guess AmE:
• Go on, have a guess at how much it cost. • Take a guess. How many people do you think showed up?
hazard a guess
(= guess something, when you feel very uncertain )
• No one at this stage is prepared to hazard a guess about the outcome of the elections.
adjectives
a rough guess
(= one that is not exact )
• This is just a rough guess, but I think it would cost about $50.
a wild guess
(= one made without much thought or information )
• I made a wild guess and I got the answer right first time.
a lucky guess
• ‘How did you know?’ ‘It was just a lucky guess.’
a good guess
(= one that is likely to be right )
• I'm not sure how old she is, but I can make a good guess!
sb’s best guess
(= one that you think is most likely to be right )
• My best guess is that it will take around six months.
an educated/informed guess
(= a guess based on things that you know are correct )
• Stockbrokers try to make educated guesses as to which stocks will do well.
an intelligent guess
• Analysis of the archaeological site will help us make an intelligent guess as to what it was used for.
an inspired guess
(= a very good guess that you make suddenly )
• It’s hard to believe he got that right with just an inspired guess.
phrases
my guess is (that)
• My guess is there won’t be many people there.
at a guess
British English (= used when saying that you are making a guess )
• I'd say it was built around the turn of the century, at a guess.
I’ll give you three guesses
(= used to tell someone that it should be easy for them to guess the answer to their question )
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