definition of
guess

[1] #1 guess v. [think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon] 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"; "I guess she is angry at me for standing her up". wn

[2] #2 guess v. [venture, pretend, hazard] put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong". wn

[3] #3 guess v. [estimate, gauge, approximate, judge] judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds". wn

[4] #4 guess v. [infer] guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize". wn

[5] #5 guess n. [conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesis] a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. wn