{
    "term": "guess",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "guess",
            "heSheIt": "guesses"
        },
        "pastSimple": "guessed",
        "pastParticiple": "guessed",
        "ingForm": "guessing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to try and give an answer or make a judgement about something without being sure of all the facts",
            "sensetop": "guess at somethingguess + adv.guess (that)…guess where, who, etc…guess something",
            "labels": "(British English)(North American English)",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't really know. I'm just guessing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can only guess at her reasons for leaving.",
                    "contextForm": "guess at something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **guessed right/wrong**.",
                    "contextForm": "guess + adv."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd guess that she's about 30.",
                    "contextForm": "guess (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you guess where I've been?",
                    "contextForm": "guess where, who, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Can you guess his age?",
                    "contextForm": "guess something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was only guessing at her age."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you think I'm lying, well guess again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's not the answer. Guess again."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can only guess how fast a dinosaur might have run."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What star sign are you? No, let me guess."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can't begin to guess his reasons."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What did you get her for Christmas? Let me guess."
                },
                {
                    "text": "How old do you think I am? Go on, guess!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument", "Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["correctly", "right", "incorrectly"],
                "verb + guess": ["can", "can only", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["at", "from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "could have guessed",
                    "might have guessed",
                    "should have guessed"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to find the right answer to a question or the truth without knowing all the facts",
            "sensetop": "guess somethingguess what, where, etc…guess (that)…",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She guessed the answer straight away.",
                    "contextForm": "guess something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**You'll never guess** what she told me.",
                    "contextForm": "guess what, where, etc…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You would never guess (that) she had problems. She’s always so cheerful.",
                    "contextForm": "guess (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "So it was Rob who broke the window? **I might have guessed!**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**If I had to guess**, I'd say she was the one responsible for this."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you haven't already guessed, I'm going out with Steve."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not hard to guess where they went."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jane had guessed wrong about who was responsible for the fire."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She guessed from his expression that he had not won."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll never guess who I saw yesterday!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an easily guessed password"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I guessed from John's expression that something was badly wrong."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I guessed, rightly, that the keys would be under the doormat."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you can guess my age, I'll buy you a drink!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not hard to guess who he's gone to see."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You'll never guess where they've gone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can probably guess how she reacted!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's impossible to guess what they might have been feeling."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["correctly", "right", "incorrectly"],
                "verb + guess": ["can", "can only", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["at", "from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "could have guessed",
                    "might have guessed",
                    "should have guessed"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "used to show that you are going to say something surprising or exciting",
            "sensetop": "guess what, who, etc…",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Guess what! He's asked me out!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Guess who I've just seen!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Guess how long it took me to get here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Guess who's here!"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["correctly", "right", "incorrectly"],
                "verb + guess": ["can", "can only", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["at", "from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "could have guessed",
                    "might have guessed",
                    "should have guessed"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to suppose that something is true or likely",
            "sensetop": "guess (that)…",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I guess (that) you’ll be looking for a new job now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I guess I'm just lucky."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He didn't see me, I guess."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Are you ready to go?’ ‘Yeah, **I guess so**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘They aren't coming, then?’ ‘**I guess not**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Do you really love her?’ ‘I guess so.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Are you coming with us?’ ‘I guess so.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Can I have another cookie?’ ‘I guess so, but that's the last one.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I guess you're mad at me."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["correctly", "right", "incorrectly"],
                "verb + guess": ["can", "can only", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["at", "from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "could have guessed",
                    "might have guessed",
                    "should have guessed"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to not tell somebody about your plans or what is going to happen next",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's the kind of book that keeps you guessing right to the end."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡes/",
                "audio": "gu/guess/guess__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡesɪz/",
                "audio": "gu/guess/guesses__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡest/",
                "audio": "gu/guess/guessed__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡesɪŋ/",
                "audio": "gu/guess/guessing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡes/",
                "audio": "gu/guess/guess__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡesɪz/",
                "audio": "gu/guess/guesses__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɡest/",
                "audio": "gu/guess/guessed__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡesɪŋ/",
                "audio": "gu/guess/guessing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: origin uncertain; perhaps from Dutch gissen, and probably related to get."
}