guessed; guessing; guesses
1
: to form an opinion of from little or no evidence
She could only guess what he meant.
3
: to arrive at a correct conclusion about by conjecture, chance, or intuition
guess the answer
: to make a guess
We can only guess at what really happened.
guesser
noun
: conjecture, surmise
I don't know how old you are, but I'll venture a guess.
Synonyms
Examples of guess in a Sentence
Verb
Can you guess how many people were there?
He guessed that it would rain today.
It was colder and windier than I had guessed it would be.
She can only guess what he meant.
I had to choose one, and I guessed right.
If you can't think of an answer, guess.
“I just heard why he left her.” “Let me guess—another woman.”
As you might have guessed, her parents are not happy about her decision.
We can only guess at what really happened.
She guessed my age on her first try.
Noun
I'm not sure how old he is, but I'm willing to hazard a guess.
My guess is that he'll change his story when he realizes how much trouble he's in.
Recent Examples on the Web
Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 9 Apr. 2024
To play, participants will listen to a new song each day — Monday through Friday — and guess the ultimate peak position each song will attain before the end of the contest on July 16, 2024.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2024
Whoever wins flips over a series of playing cards on the game board, trying to guess if the next card will be higher or lower in value than the last.
—Tanner Stransky, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2024
With this game, players have to guess what’s on everyone’s minds.
—Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2024
Well, guess what, Woodside — Irvine and Pasadena and L.A.’s Hollywood Hills are mountain lion habitats, too.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2024
Only one team in baseball spent more on free agents this past offseason (guess who?) and while that hasn’t translated into early-season wins, there is an indisputable rise in the level of play.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
The smallmouth’s mouth is—your guessed it—smaller, with the corner of the jaw typically about even the eye, give or take.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
If, when thinking about winning $10,000, your instinct was to pay down your credit card debt, then guess what?
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
Debbie Allen, Janet Jackson and Stephanie Mills arose as guesses for Clock.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Windows’ voice-to-text feature has improved remarkably in recent years and now uses machine learning algorithms to correct its guesses and punctuation.
—PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
When Kansas City gets another turn is anyone’s guess.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Simon Thompson My guess is, Monkey Man will play well but not dominant, and Civil War will likewise do well but not at the same blockbuster levels as our current box office top-three.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Right now, the best guess, according to various forecasts, is that the Fed will start cutting short term interest rates in June.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
As always, before Spaghetti & Meatballs could unmask from that giant pasta mustache of a head, the judges had to give their final guesses.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
Still, small clues are given along the way to help make final guesses on who is the voice behind the mask.
—Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
Verb
However, most will have transformed bodies because guess what?
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 9 Apr. 2024
To play, participants will listen to a new song each day — Monday through Friday — and guess the ultimate peak position each song will attain before the end of the contest on July 16, 2024.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 9 Apr. 2024
Whoever wins flips over a series of playing cards on the game board, trying to guess if the next card will be higher or lower in value than the last.
—Tanner Stransky, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2024
With this game, players have to guess what’s on everyone’s minds.
—Moriah Mason, Southern Living, 5 Apr. 2024
Well, guess what, Woodside — Irvine and Pasadena and L.A.’s Hollywood Hills are mountain lion habitats, too.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 5 Apr. 2024
Only one team in baseball spent more on free agents this past offseason (guess who?) and while that hasn’t translated into early-season wins, there is an indisputable rise in the level of play.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
The smallmouth’s mouth is—your guessed it—smaller, with the corner of the jaw typically about even the eye, give or take.
—Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
If, when thinking about winning $10,000, your instinct was to pay down your credit card debt, then guess what?
—Andrew Rosen, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Noun
Ken Jeong went with a joke guess in Dwayne Johnson.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
Debbie Allen, Janet Jackson and Stephanie Mills arose as guesses for Clock.
—Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2024
Windows’ voice-to-text feature has improved remarkably in recent years and now uses machine learning algorithms to correct its guesses and punctuation.
—PCMAG, 22 Mar. 2024
When Kansas City gets another turn is anyone’s guess.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
Simon Thompson My guess is, Monkey Man will play well but not dominant, and Civil War will likewise do well but not at the same blockbuster levels as our current box office top-three.
—Mark Hughes, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
Right now, the best guess, according to various forecasts, is that the Fed will start cutting short term interest rates in June.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
As always, before Spaghetti & Meatballs could unmask from that giant pasta mustache of a head, the judges had to give their final guesses.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2024
Still, small clues are given along the way to help make final guesses on who is the voice behind the mask.
—Francesca Gariano, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
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