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may⋅be

  [mey-bee]
Use maybe in a Sentence
–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)   
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.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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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