Collocations withguess

These are words often used in combination withguess.

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best guess
Where it would be difficult to judge which of the two lines was the shortest, subjects were instructed to make their best guess.
From theCambridge English Corpus
informed guess
First a profile of the meniscus is chosen, either by an informed guess or on the basis of the previous iterations.
From theCambridge English Corpus
reasonable guess
By reasonable guess it is meant any point in the actual room or area of the building where the robot is.
From theCambridge English Corpus
rough guess
Only a rough guess can be made at the number of undischarged bankrupts since all the necessary information is not available.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
wild guess
It is just a wild guess which will not help us.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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