guess

/ˈges/

Middle English gessen, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian & Swedish gissa to guess, Middle Dutch gissen, gessen, Old Norse geta to get, guess

verb

  1. to form an opinion of from little or no evidence

  2. believe, suppose

  3. to arrive at a correct conclusion about by conjecture, chance, or intuition

She could only guess what he meant.

noun

  1. conjecture, surmise

I don't know how old you are, but I'll venture a guess.

adjective

  1. of another sort