guess of vs guess at

Both 'guess of' and 'guess at' are commonly used phrases in English, but they are used in different contexts. 'Guess at' is used when estimating or making an attempt to determine something, while 'guess of' is used to indicate possession or association. Therefore, the choice between the two depends on the intended meaning of the sentence.

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This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"guess of"

The phrase 'guess of' is used to indicate possession or association. For example, 'What's your guess of the situation?'

Examples:

What's your guess of the outcome?
I have a guess of who the winner might be.
Can you give me your guess of the cost?
She made a good guess of the answer.
His guess of the solution was accurate.

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So, have a guess of how many cells he has in his body.
Let me take a wild guess of who that him right there?
Now, who would be brave enough to have a guess of what's in the box?
We were slightly off in our original guess of where the bomb was.
It's their best guess of what the final combined score will be.
I can hazard a guess of where he is, of course.
It's their best guess of what the final combined score will be.
What happens during the linear parts? Can you make a guess of their slopes.
Supersymmetry is our best guess of what else is out there, the bigger theory that incorporates our current theories, the Standard Model.
Sometimes we almost took off for not seeing all of them in time. G had the lucky guess of how many were left to get to the hotel.
On that basis, we can make an educated guess of how best to deal with any situation, based on probability and experience, and then continue to work on improving ourselves.
A rough guess of the width of way in metres
Letter to Ar. of Oct., with the etymology of the Veronese expression gnochi smalzài (in order to confute a guess of the gastronome Giorgio Gioco according to whom the origin was the German Mahlzeit 'good appetite!').
Your picture then I guess of how the world eventually gets off fossil fuels is through innovation ultimately, that we'll someday make solar and nuclear cost competitive?
This sentence in itself would be enough to understand, or at least make a close guess of the meaning of this beatitude that, not surprisingly, is the first one.
First we look at the curve and make a guess of what it might be.In this case it looks like a quadratic function The regressions are found under STAT in the CALC menu.
Already speculation is rife about who will and who will not be starting flights to Bulgaria, but an educated guess of potential entrants would immediately bring forth the names of Air Berlin, EasyJet and Ryanair.
If do the exercises and skip the cocktail but still eat fava beans... What's your guess of how much I can grow?
What happens during the linear parts? Can you make a guess of their slopes? What happens with the ball when the velocity changes sign abruptly?
Letter to Ar. of Febr. 6, 1986, explaining the place name Buttapietra from a nickname 'stone thrower' (a confutation of a guess of one Gianni Serate 'ground that throws stones').

Alternatives:

opinion on
estimate of
idea about
thought on
perception of

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

"guess at"

The phrase 'guess at' is used when estimating or making an attempt to determine something. For example, 'Can you guess at the number of people in the room?'

Examples:

Can you guess at the answer?
I can only guess at what happened.
She tried to guess at his age.
He guessed at the time it would take.
We can only guess at the reasons behind it.

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I had to guess at what you might like.
And I had to guess at what you might like.
We can only try to guess at these.
Now we don't have to guess at what she wants.
And I'm afraid of many, many more things besides that people can't even guess at.
I'm going to make a guess at 74 miles an hour.
Let me try to guess at something and you tell me how close I am to being right.
A mathematical equation to help the computer guess at what's between the dots.
If we know the order of notes in a melody, we can take a good guess at the next note.
Probably for reasons we can't even guess at.
Resistance militia is the best guess at who these guys are.
You made a pretty good guess at my measurements.
That's a guess at best, Agent.
We can't possibly guess at his motives.
Unconsciously, perhaps, by some biological or psychic mechanism that we can only guess at.
Or not a guess at all.
You have to guess at the motives of the kidnappers.
I guess at the very least, I wanted to find...
Take a guess at the first question.
I can only guess at your motives, My Lady.

Alternatives:

estimate at
approximate at
speculate at
predict at
conjecture at

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