take a guess
Hazard an answer
To take a guess is to offer an answer or estimate without certainty—to venture an opinion based on incomplete information.
The phrase often appears as an invitation: Take a guess how much this cost.
It can also be sardonic: Take a wild guess why she's upset.
The "wild" variant suggests the answer should be obvious.
- speculateGuess based on incomplete evidence
- wagerStake on uncertainty
- guesstimateRough, intuitive calculation
- ballpark figureRough numerical estimate
- predictDeclare future outcomes
surmise · hypothesize · hunch · have a go · suspect · presume · conjecture · infer · intuition · shot in the dark · supposition · assume · postulate · likelihood · chance · go out on a limb · gamble · odds
epistemic effort
take a guessfigure out
Determine through reasoning
work it out · deduce · determine · analyze · investigate
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