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- Dictionarymight/mʌɪt/
modal
- 1. past of may
- 2. used tentatively to ask permission or to express a polite request: "might I just ask one question?"
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used to make a suggestion or suggest a possibility in a polite way: You might try a little more basil in the sauce next time. I thought you might want to join me for dinner. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of MIGHT is —used to express permission, liberty, probability, or possibility in the past. How to use might in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Might.
noun. physical strength: He swung with all his might. Antonyms: weakness. superior power or strength; force: the theory that might makes right. Antonyms: weakness. power or ability to do or accomplish; capacity: the might of the ballot box.
The noun might means a person's power or strength, like the might it takes to get a stuck lid off a jar of salsa, or the impressive power of a group, like a country's military might. Might is also a verb used to express possibility, like when you might go for a walk if it doesn't rain.
n. 1. Great power or force, as of a nation or army. 2. Physical strength: Push with all your might! See Synonyms at strength. [Middle English, from Old English meaht, miht; see magh- in Indo-European roots.] might 2. (mīt) aux.v. Past tense of may. 1. a. Used to indicate a condition or state contrary to fact: She might help if she knew the truth.
You use might in expressions such as I might have known and I might have guessed to indicate that you are not surprised at a disappointing event or fact. I might have known I'd find you with her. 'I detest clutter, you know.'—'I didn't know, but I might have guessed.'
Definition of might modal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
