how to pronounce guess

/ɡɛs/

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guess is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of guess in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… lifestyle mm-hmm I guess one of the …”

meaning of guess

Guess means to make a wild guess.

guess frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word guess occurs in english on average 31.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics guess can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that guess can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;