gissen — meaning in English

English meaning

• conjecture noun A guess or opinion formed without solid proof.
• guess verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
• surmise verb To guess or conclude something without solid proof.

Senses

gissen is used for these senses in English:

• guess To reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.
• surmise (intransitive) To imagine or suspect; to conjecture; to posit with contestable premises.

conjecture — full definition

1. noun A guess or opinion formed without solid proof.
2. verb To guess or form an opinion without full proof.

guess — full definition

1. verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
2. verb To suppose or think something is probably true.
3. noun An answer or opinion given without certain knowledge.

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