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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
may·be       [mey-bee] Pronunciation Key
–adverb
1.perhaps; possibly: Maybe I'll go too.
–noun
2.a possibility or uncertainty.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME may be, short for it may be]
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may·be       (mā'bē)  Pronunciation Key 
adv.   Perhaps; possibly.

n.   Informal
  1. An uncertainty: There are so many maybes involved in playing the stock market.
  2. An uncertain reply: It's better to receive a fast and honest no than a drawn-out maybe.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
maybe 
c.1425, from (it) may be. Still sometimes written as two words early 19c.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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maybe

adverb
by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time" [syn: possibly] 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Maybe

May"be\, adv. [For it may be.] Perhaps; possibly; peradventure.

Maybe the amorous count solicits her. --Shak.

In a liberal and, maybe, somewhat reckless way. --Tylor.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Maybe

May"be\, a. Possible; probable, but not sure. [R.]

Then add those maybe years thou hast to live. --Driden.

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Maybe

May"be\, n. Possibility; uncertainty. [R.]

What they offer is mere maybe and shift. --Creech.

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