How do you use the word "guess" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "guess": You can probably guess what happens though. Your guess is entirely off the mark.

Guess Meaning

/ɡɛs/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

verbTo reach a partly (or totally) unconfirmed conclusion; to engage in conjecture; to speculate.

verbTo solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.

Sentence Examples

You can probably guess what happens though.

Your guess is entirely off the mark.

I can only guess that they don't want to alarm the public yet.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

think suppose imagine

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Without any clues, he could only ____ the number of marbles in the jar.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I can't say for certain what will happen, but if I had to make a ____, I would say that they will win the game.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English gessen (verb) and Middle English gesse (noun), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Danish getse, gitse, getsa (“to guess”), from Old Norse *getsa, *gitsa, from Proto-Germanic *gitisōną (“to guess”), from Proto-Germanic *getaną (“to get”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to take, seize”). Cognate with Danish gisne (“to guess”), Norwegian gissa, gjette (“to guess”), Swedish gissa (“to guess”), Saterland Frisian gisje (“to guess”), Dutch gissen (“to guess”), Low German gissen (“to guess”), Dutch gis (“a guess”). Related also to Icelandic giska ("to guess"; from Proto-Germanic *gitiskōną). Compare also Russian гада́ть (gadátʹ, “to conjecture, guess, divine”), Albanian gjëzë (“riddle”) from gjej (“find, recover, obtain”). More at get.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Not all together; better far, I guess, / That we do make our entrance several ways." — c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

"But in known images of life I guess / The labour greater." — 1733–1737, Alexander Pope, [Imitations of Horace], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley [et al.]:

""Are you a member of the union?" "Sure." "Then you'll get your job, I guess. Have you any friends?"" — 1914–1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear:

"Tell me their words, as near as thou canst guess them." — c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

""But I shall have eleven guesses," answered Ozma. "Surely I ought to guess one object in eleven correctly; and, if I do, I shall rescue one of the royal family and be safe myself. Then the rest of you may attempt it, and soon we shall free all those who are enslaved."" — 1907, L. Frank Baum, Ozma of Oz:

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