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