2022-01-06
ศัพท์ น่าสับสน - Set – C - Calculate & reckon & guess
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ออกเสียง calculate = “KAL-kyuh-leyt”
ออกเสียง reckon = “REK-uhn”
ออกเสียง guess = “GES”
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MORE ABOUT GUESS
What is a basic definition of guess?
Guess means to attempt to provide an answer to something without knowing with certainty that it is correct.
When you guess in this way, you don’t have enough information to know for sure.
Guess is also a noun that refers to the answer
that you give in such a situation.
Guess also means to believe or suppose.
Guess has a few other senses as a noun and a verb
and is used in several idioms.
When you guess, it means you’re trying to provide the right answer
even though you don’t have enough information to know what it is.
Real-life examples:
People guess things because they don’t know all the details
or because there is not enough information available.
People often guess what the weather will be like,
or what the future may hold,
or what the right answer is to a question on a test.
Used in a sentence:
I had no clue what her favorite color was so I guessed that it was red.
Guess is also commonly used as a noun
to refer to the answer arrived at by a person who is guessing.
A guess usually relies on luck
or hope because a person doesn’t have enough information.
Used in a sentence:
I thought my prediction had a chance to come true, but my guess turned out to be wrong.
As a verb, guess is also used as a synonym
for words like think, believe, and suppose
—it can mean to feel that something might be possible, doable, or feasible.
Used in a sentence:
I guess I can make it to the bank before it closes.
Where does guess come from?
The first records of the word guess come from the early 1300s.
It comes from the Middle English gessen
and may be Scandanavian in origin.
The noun sense of guess comes from the Middle English gesse, which is based on the verb.
Collins COBUILD English Usage
1. 'guess'
If you guess that something is true, you decide that it is probably true.
By this time they'd guessed that something was seriously wrong.
You also use guess to say that someone finds the correct answer
to a problem or question without knowing that it is correct.
I guessed what was going to happen at the end of the film.
2. 'I guess'
In conversation,
you can say I guess when you think that something is true or likely.
I guess he got stuck in traffic.
'What's that?' – 'Some sort of blackbird, I guess.'
You can use I guess so in conversation
as an informal way of answering yes.
Don't say 'I guess it'.
'Can you find some information for me?' – 'I guess so.'
'Does that answer your question?' – 'Yeah, I guess so.'
You can use I guess not in conversation as an informal way
of answering no, or of answering yes to a negative question.
'So no one actually saw him arriving?' – 'No, I guess not.'
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Reckon
Definition - estimate, compute
Reckon is a word that demonstrates the elasticity of our language,
and the subtlety which the language itself,
and the people who use it, are capable of.
It is a word that has been in use since Old English,
with a variety of meanings,
and exists today in a broad range of dialectal uses.
It is testament to the fact that
words may have a seemingly dizzying range of near-synonymous meanings,
and through the use of context and our inherent knowledge
of register we manage to effortlessly distinguish between them.
A partial list of definitions of reckon includes
“suppose, think,”
“to evaluate the character or worth of,”
“to include as part of a total or classification,”
“to regard or think of as,”
“count,” and “compute.”
I reckon there must be at least three barrels of pure silver in that place at this moment, for the company has never found it; I know that.
— Detroit Free Press, 23 Jul. 1893
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Guesstimate
Definition - an estimate usually made without adequate information
Guesstimate came into use in the beginning of the 20th century.
The word is, rather obviously, a blend of guess and estimate.
Some people look askance at blends,
a class of word that has given us oft-disparaged words
such as bridezilla and frenemy.
However, the category of blends is also responsible for words
such as anonymuncule (“an insignificant anonymous writer”) and futilitarian (“one who engages in futile pursuits”),
so they are deserving of some respect.
”All the same,” declares the Troy (N.Y.) Times, “the census estimate is undoubtedly more reliable than Chicago guesswork.” Out here it is considered merely a census guesstimate.
— Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 1904
Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
Guesswork
Definition - work performed or results obtained by guess
Guesswork is the older sibling of guesstimate;
a blend involving guess,
but one that has been in use since the 17th century.
The words differ in that guesstimate
may function as either verb or noun,
while guesswork is only a noun.
I am not for guess-Work, but for doing Business with Exactness.
— John Briscoe, An explanatory dialogue of a late treatise, 1694
Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions:
Calculate & reckon & guess
These words are localisms for thinks, suppose, and expect.
Each has standard and reputable meanings
(for example, one can calculate a mathematical problem),
but each should be avoided as narrowly dialectical
and somewhat old-fashion terms for forming a mental concept.
