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might
1[ mahyt ]
auxiliary verb
- simple past tense of may 1.
- (used to express possibility):
They might be at the station.
- (used to express advisability):
You might at least thank me.
- (used in polite requests for permission):
Might I speak to you for a moment?
might
2/ maɪt /
noun
- power, force, or vigour, esp of a great or supreme kind
- physical strength
- (with) might and mainSee main 1
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- mightless adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of might1
Origin of might2
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Idioms and Phrases
- with might and main, with all the vigor, force, or energy at one's command:
They pulled with might and main.
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Example Sentences
Aksyonov has great fun inventing a culturally pureed lexicon for his might-have-been cosmopolitan Russians.
But the failed stars and might-have-beens make for even more compelling narratives.
Like all might-have-beens, this one fades away into airy speculation.
No poorest man on earth would change places with this man-that-might-have-been, for his time draws nigh and his end is perdition.
His dreams were ended, the "might-have-been" would never be, but he knew that there was peace in that little breast at last.
No wonder you are feeling nervous and upset over the might-have-beens.
She commented adversely upon each play I made, and in between times lectured me upon might-have-beens.
Critics have called Keats and others who died young “the great Might-have-beens of literary history.”
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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