Check
Check verb - To be in agreement on every point.
Guess
Guess verb - To form an opinion from little or no evidence.
How words are described
| good | good check | good guess |
| standard | standard check | standard guess |
| free | free check | free guess |
| initial | initial check | initial guess |
| Other adjectives: popular, real, successful, huge, wrong, little, bad, random, basic, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The father reads it, and then says something like "OK... I guess you do..." The audience never sees just how much the check was for.
Source: Undisclosed Funds -
Guess what happens just before the credits when the cop who just arrived comes to check the house?
Source: Film / You're Next -
Past that, however, it's usually guess-and-check or check online.
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