guess
verb (used with object)
to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully.
had guessed
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past perfectof guess.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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We had guessed that this was probably her view but this was the first on-the-record confirmation.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2023
“If I had guessed, ‘Oh, I’ll be making my seventh movie in 2022, would I be getting less than I got from for a movie I made 10 years ago?’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 18, 2023
Because of similarities between Indo-European and Anatolian languages such as ancient Hittite, linguists had guessed the Yamnaya had left both genes and language in Anatolia, as well as Europe.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 24, 2022
He also said a key source had called him without identifying himself, and that he had guessed at the source’s identity.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2021
Later I wondered if Miss Love had guessed how the fuss about the New York trip would turn out.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
