may
modal verb
uk
/meɪ/ us
/meɪ/may modal verb (POSSIBILITY)
A2
used to express possibility:
The cause of the accident may never be discovered.
The explosion may have been caused by a faulty electrical connection.
There may be some evidence to suggest she's guilty, but it's hardly conclusive.
- If used on delicate skin, this cream may produce a stinging sensation.
- People who suffer a stroke may experience a loss of speech.
- This afternoon we may see some wintry showers over higher ground.
- We may have to sell the house, but I hope it won't come to that.
- I worry about the destructive effect that violent films may have on children.
may modal verb (PERMISSION)
B1 formal
used to ask or give permission:
- Hello, may I speak to Ken Griffey senior, please?
- "Higgins, you may go now." "Very good, sir."
- Now a round of quick-fire questions - the first person to press their buzzer may answer.
- Ask your teacher if you may sit at the front of the class until your glasses are repaired.
- Excuse me - is this someone's seat, or may I sit here?
- admission
- admit
- admit of something
- allow of something
- allowable
- authorization
- authorize
- consent
- entrance
- excuse
- give the green light to something idiom
- given the chance/choice idiom
- green-light
- hall pass
- hospital admission
- relicense
- relicensure
- say-so
- security clearance
- see your way (clear) to doing something idiom
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may modal verb (WISH)
- ache for something
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- angle for something
- desperate
- expense
- have your eye on something idiom
- hunger
- hunger after/for something
- hungrily
- impulse
- pine
- seeker
- set your heart on something/doing something idiom
- set your sights on something idiom
- shook
- shopping list
- sight
- someone's heart's desire idiom
