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guessed

/ɡɛst/

guessed is the simple past and past participle of guess.

Meaning of guess

Verb

guess (third-person singular simple present guesses, present participle guessing, simple past and past participle guessed)

  1. To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
    • We can only guess at what was going through her mind.
  2. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
    • He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring.
  3. To suppose, to imagine (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).
    • That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online.
  4. (colloquial) To think, conclude, or decide (without a connotation of uncertainty). Usually in first person: "I guess".
    • "I guess you were right." "What did he say?" "He guesses you were right."
  5. (obsolete) To hit upon or reproduce by memory.
    • Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Questions about guessed

What is guessed the simple past and past participle of?
Guessed is the simple past and past participle of guess.
How do you pronounce guessed?
Guessed is pronounced /ɡɛst/.

Words near guessed in the dictionary

  1. guess what
  2. guess-work
  3. guessability
  4. guessable
  5. guessably
  6. guessed
  7. guessedst
  8. guesser
  9. guessers
  10. guesses
  11. guessest

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