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
Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
Here’s guessing Lakers fans are seeing it differently.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Israeli strikes against Iran’s regime are typically shrouded in ambiguity to avoid any fingerprints on the missions and to leave Tehran’s rulers guessing.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2024
There will be a lot of guessing about who each song is about, considering that the album was created in the wake of her six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn ending, a brief romance with The 1975’s Matty Healy, and the start of her relationship with football star Travis Kelce.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 19 Apr. 2024
After Healy mentions an attempt to DM Ice Spice, the hosts attempt to guess her heritage and mock the accents of different ethnic groups.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
Following the premise of the show, Olivia began to sing a song on stage while her dad was behind a curtain, prompting the audience and the judges to try to guess her celebrity relative.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
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
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
That means, even with the possibility of guessing, only 40% of American adults passed the test.
—Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 21 Apr. 2024
Here’s guessing Lakers fans are seeing it differently.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2024
Israeli strikes against Iran’s regime are typically shrouded in ambiguity to avoid any fingerprints on the missions and to leave Tehran’s rulers guessing.
—Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2024
There will be a lot of guessing about who each song is about, considering that the album was created in the wake of her six-year relationship with Joe Alwyn ending, a brief romance with The 1975’s Matty Healy, and the start of her relationship with football star Travis Kelce.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 19 Apr. 2024
After Healy mentions an attempt to DM Ice Spice, the hosts attempt to guess her heritage and mock the accents of different ethnic groups.
—Justin Curto, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
Following the premise of the show, Olivia began to sing a song on stage while her dad was behind a curtain, prompting the audience and the judges to try to guess her celebrity relative.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
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
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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