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guess

/ɡɛs/
verb

  1. To reach a partly (or totally) unqualified conclusion.

  2. To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

    "He who guesses the riddle shall have the ring."

  3. To suppose (introducing a proposition of uncertain plausibility).

    "That album is quite hard to find, but I guess you could try ordering it online."

Synonymsassume, hypothesize, speculate, take a stab

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