guessed
past simple and past participle ofguess
| 单词 | guessed |
| 释义 | guessed past simple and past participle ofguess guess verb[IorT] uk/ɡes/us/ɡes/A2 to give ananswerto aparticularquestionwhen you do not have all thefactsand so cannot becertainif you arecorrect: I didn'tknowtheanswer, so I had to guess. On the lastquestion, she guessedright/wrong. [+ question word]Guesswhenthis wasbuilt. [+ (that)]I guessed(that)she wasyoursister. Sheaskedme to guess herage. I guessed thetotalamountto beabout £50,000. to guess
A2 to give thecorrectansweror make thecorrectjudgment: [+ question word]Ibetyou can't guesshowoldhe is. She guessed theansweron her firsttry. "You have a newjob, don't you?" "Yes, how did you guess?" guess what?A2informal used beforetellingsomeone somethinginterestingorsurprising: Guess what? Wewonthegame4–0. I guessB1informal used when youbelievesomething istrueorlikelybut are notcertain: [+ (that)]I guess(that)things areprettyhard for you now.
Guessing, supposing and suspecting
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Imagining and conceiving Linguistics: interjections Idiomkeepsomeoneguessing Phrasal verbguess atsomething Examplesofguessedguessed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Virtually almost every word which can beguessedby the morphological rules isguessedexactly correct (97% recall and 97% precision). From theCambridge English Corpus He saw that implicit contracts had something to say about that andguessedthat the two of us might make interesting colleagues. From theCambridge English Corpus The listeners accuratelyguessedthe self-identified sexuality of the speakers 79.6% of the time. From theCambridge English Corpus Post-hoc tests showed that the six- to seven-year-oldsguessedfewer correct phonemes than all other groups. From theCambridge English Corpus The reason why so few actually claimed compensation can only beguessedat. From theCambridge English Corpus Pathways and vectors of introduction can often beguessedfrom the biology of the insect, supported by interception data from national phytosanitary services. From theCambridge English Corpus What this meant in real terms can only beguessedat. From theCambridge English Corpus Few casual observers of this frail, devoted couple could haveguessedthrough what fires of war and conflicts of ideology their marriage had endured. From theCambridge English Corpus As you might haveguessed, he saves his best ideas for lone parents. From theCambridge English Corpus We might hear such moments differently once we know the story, but we wouldn't haveguessedthis accidental cause from listening alone. From theCambridge English Corpus For a swirling case, solutions of its non-swirling counterpart were taken as theguessedvalues. From theCambridge English Corpus If the meta-level analyser can make assumptions, then portions of the network around the known measurements can beguessed. From theCambridge English Corpus No one would have everguessedhim a teacher. From theCambridge English Corpus Weguessedthat this would be a step down on many levels, mainly in sound quality and the prospect of synchronisation. From theCambridge English Corpus In this biography, the chancellor was not the great genius who knew andguessedit all well in advance. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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