- guess
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ fair, good, reasonable, safe▪
April is a safe guess for first deliveries.
▪ educated, informed▪She could make an educated guess as to what was wrong with him.
▪ rough, wild▪At a rough guess, I'd say we're about twenty miles from home.
▪ correct, lucky▪‘How did you know?’ ‘It was just a lucky guess.’
▪ first, initialVERB + GUESS▪ have (BrE), hazard, make (BrE), take (AmE), venture (esp. AmE)▪If you don't know the answer, have/take a guess.
▪If I might hazard a guess …
▪If I had to venture a guess, I'd say this was painted in the 1890s.
▪ give sb▪‘Where's Tom?’ ‘I'll give you three guesses!’
(= the answer is obvious and you should guess it easily)GUESS + VERB▪ be correct, be rightPREPOSITION▪ at a guess▪At a guess, I'd say there's a problem with the fuel pump.
▪ guess about, guess as to, guess at▪He made a wild guess as to how much the piano might cost.
PHRASES▪ sb's best guess▪What's your best guess on what's going to happen?
▪ a guess based on sth▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a guess based on your experience
verbADVERB▪ correctly, right▪ incorrectly, wrong▪Jane had guessed wrong about who was responsible for the fire.
▪ easily▪an easily guessed password
VERB + GUESS▪ can▪Can you guess his age?
▪ can only▪We can only guess how fast a dinosaur might have run.
▪ try to▪ be easy to, not be difficult to, not be hard to▪It's not hard to guess where they went.
PREPOSITION▪ at▪I was only guessing at her age.
▪ from▪She guessed from his expression that he had not won.
PHRASES▪ could have guessed, might have guessed, should have guessed▪So it was Rob who broke the window? I might have guessed!
▪ guess again▪That's not the answer. Guess again.
▪If you think I'm lying, well guess again.
▪ if you haven't already guessed▪If you haven't already guessed, I'm going out with Steve.
▪ I guess so, I guess not▪ let me guess▪What star sign are you? No, let me guess.
▪ you can probably guess, you have probably guessed▪You can probably guess how she reacted!
▪ you'll never guess where, who, how, etc.▪You'll never guess who I saw yesterday!
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
