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maybe

[mey-bee]

adverb

  1. perhaps; possibly.

    Maybe I'll go too.



noun

  1. a possibility or uncertainty.

maybe

/ ˈɪˌː /

adverb

    1. perhaps

    2. ( as sentence modifier )

      maybe I'll come tomorrow

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
  1. possibly; neither yes nor no

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of maybe1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English may be, short for it may be
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"This gave another maybe two or three million people," says Bornykov.

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That’s kind of the secret sauce for me, and it’s hard to maybe tick all those boxes at once.

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“I feel like maybe a couple, few more months and I won’t have my left hand either. It’s sobering.”

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I think the people who are feeling threatened coming downtown are people who don’t maybe agree with the cause.

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“Our challenge now is to make you question whether you hate Abby at all and maybe make you start to love her and then be confused,” Mazin says.

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