guess

guess
guess [ges]
1. noun
supposition f
• to have a guess (at sth) essayer de deviner (qch)
• he made a wild guess il a lancé une réponse au hasard
• three guesses! essaie de deviner !
• that was a good guess! tu as deviné juste !
• that was a good guess but ... c'est une bonne idée, mais ...
• how did you know? -- it was just a lucky guess comment as-tu deviné ? -- j'ai dit ça au hasard
• my guess is that he refused d'après moi, il a refusé
• it's anyone's guess who will win (inf) impossible de prévoir qui va gagner
• will he come tomorrow? -- it's anyone's guess (inf) viendra-t-il demain ? -- qui sait ?
• at a guess I would say there were 200 à vue de nez, il y en avait 200
• at a rough guess à vue de nez
• an educated guess une supposition éclairée
• your guess is as good as mine! (inf) je n'en sais pas plus que toi !
2. transitive verb
   a. [+ answer, name] deviner ; ( = estimate) [+ height, numbers] évaluer ; ( = surmise) supposer
• to guess sb's age deviner l'âge de qn
• you've guessed it! tu as deviné !
• I guessed as much je m'en doutais
• I guessed he was about 20 je lui donnais à peu près 20 ans
• guess how heavy he is devine combien il pèse
• can you guess what it means? devine ce que ça veut dire
• guess what! (inf) tu sais quoi ?
• guess who! (inf) devine qui c'est !
• you'll never guess who's coming to see us! tu ne devineras jamais qui va venir nous voir !
   b. ( = think) supposer
• he'll be about 40 I guess je lui donnerais la quarantaine
• I guess she's decided not to come je suppose qu'elle a décidé de ne pas venir
• I guess so je suppose
• I guess not non
3. intransitive verb
deviner
• guess! essaie de deviner ! devine un peu !
• you'll never guess! tu ne devineras jamais !
• to guess right deviner juste
• to guess wrong tomber à côté
• to keep sb guessing laisser qn dans le doute
4. compounds
► guessing game noun
• to play a guessing game jouer aux devinettes
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[ges] 1.
noun supposition f, conjecture f

to have ou make a guess — essayer de deviner

to have ou make a guess at something — essayer de deviner quelque chose

my guess is that they will lose — à mon avis ils vont perdre

at a (rough) guess I would say that... — au hasard je dirais que...

I'll give you three guesses! — devine un peu!

that was a good guess! — tu as deviné juste!

to make a wild guess — deviner au hasard

your guess is as good as mine — je n'en sais pas plus que toi

it's anybody's guess! — les paris sont ouverts!

2.
transitive verb
1) (intuit) deviner

to guess that — supposer que

to guess somebody's age — (correctly) deviner l'âge de quelqu'un; (make estimate) donner un âge à quelqu'un

you'll never guess what has happened! — tu ne devineras jamais ce qui vient d'arriver!

I guessed as much! — je m'en doutais!

guess what! I've won a prize! — tu sais quoi (colloq)! j'ai gagné un prix!

guess who! — devine qui c'est!

2) US (suppose) supposer; (believe, think) penser, croire

‘he's right, you know’ - ‘I guess so’ — ‘il a raison, tu sais’ - ‘oui, je suppose’

3.
intransitive verb deviner

to guess at — faire des suppositions or des conjectures quant à [plans, outcome]

to guess right — deviner juste

to guess wrong — se tromper

to keep somebody guessing — laisser quelqu'un dans le doute


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