Word

guess, v.
(guessed, guesses, guessing)
freq. cnt. 64

expect, believe, or suppose
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 277 freq. cnt.: 188 freq. cnt.: 42 freq. cnt.: 31 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 5

guess imagine opine reckon suppose think

sample sentences

"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"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s that there was a traffic accident

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

thought thought

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

guess guess guesser

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

supposal supposition

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

opinion

semantic pointers

hypernym

expect, anticipate

hyponym

suspect

put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

guess hazard pretend venture

sample sentences

"I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"
"I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

guessing guess guess guesser

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

hazard

semantic pointers

hypernym

speculate

hyponym

predict, promise, anticipate, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode suspect, surmise

guess correctly; solve by guessing
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6

guess infer

sample sentences

"He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

guesser

semantic pointers

hypernym

solve, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work out, work

hyponym

tell

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 50 freq. cnt.: 34 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

approximate estimate gauge guess judge