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Meaning of might in English

(Definition of might from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of might from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of might

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A number of respondents thought they might be safer than ordinary bulbs, as they needed to be changed less often.
Problems, then, are raised about the ecological validity of this constraint and the role it might play in the perception of ordinary, everyday motion.
This is as might be expected physically, presumably foretelling the onset of a higher mode as predicted by the airfoil model.
An uncomputable problem might not be very interesting since the answer can never physically exist.
Specifically, the younger children might be expected to show greater phonetic sensitivity to the input than older children.
It is this affective and evaluative progress that teachers might try to develop in pupils in order to develop their skills of musical thinking further.
A critic of the data protection regime might note that the legislation protects debtors with more force than it does creditors.
If a rule with such a "compound" body is not redundant it might be so in part.
The attraction of what might at first blush seem a redundant translation was that nature could speak in a clear and undistorted voice.
On the one hand, payout per dollar of premium might be reduced if insurance companies believe that wealthier retirees will live longer.
One might even say that if the brain does not use localist representations then evolution has missed an excellent trick.
Having only one parent might have meant a household necessity of replacing the loss/absence of one parent.
The reported information on the form thus might not correspond to the reality of facts.
In this situation it was equally possible that other interested parties might want to strengthen the international reputation of the incumbent government.
Together they might suggest paths of reinterpretation of ageing as a social phenomenon.
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Translations of might

in Chinese (Traditional)
可能, (may 的過去式)可能,可以, 可能性…
in Chinese (Simplified)
可能, (may 的过去式)可能,可以, 可能性…
in Spanish
pasado simple de "may", poder, fuerza…
in Portuguese
poder, força, indica possibilidade…
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एखादवेळेस, बघ, बघा…
(あまり確実でない可能性を表す)ひょっとして~かもしれない, (確実性の低い推量を表す)ひょっとして~かもしれない, 力…
olasılık/ihtimal bildiren yardmıcı fiil, ...a/e bilir, olması mümkün…
pourrais/-ait/-ions/-iez/-aient, devrais/-ait/-ions/-iez/-aient peut-être, aurais/-ait/-ions/-iez/-aient pu…
poder, força…
zou kunnen, macht…
ஏதாவது நடக்கும் அல்லது செய்யப்படும், அல்லது மிகவும் சாத்தியம் இல்லை என்றாலும் ஏதாவது உண்மை என்று சாத்தியம் வெளிப்படுத்த பயன்படுத்தப்படுகிறது, ஒரு ஆலோசனையை வழங்க அல்லது கண்ணியமான வழியில் ஒரு வாய்ப்பை பரிந்துரைக்க பயன்படுகிறது…
कर सकना, हो सकना, कुछ संभावित घटित होगा या किया जाएगा या कुछ सही है किंतु संभव नहीं यह दर्शाने के लिए प्रयुक्त…
કંઈક થશે અથવા કરવામાં આવશે, અથવા તે કંઈક સાચું છે, ભલે તેની સંભાવના ઓછી હોય…
kunne, ville måske, kunne måske…
skulle, skulle kanske, skulle kunna…
mungkin, boleh, kekuasaan…
pt. of may:können, können, die Macht…
kunne (kanskje), kunne kanskje, kunne…
ہونے کا امکان (مستقبل میں)…
міг, міг би, могутність…
может быть, возможно, могущество…
ఏమో, మర్యాదపూర్వకంగా సూచన చేయడానికి లేదా అవకాశాన్ని సూచించడానికి వాడేది…
رُبَّما, قَد, قُوّة…
অতীত সম্ভাবনা (হ'লেও হ'তে পারত), হতে পারে…
snad, možná, mohl(a) by(ch)…
mungkin, bisa, keperkasaan…
กริยาช่วยช่องที่ 2 ของ may, อาจจะ, น่าจะ…
quá khứ của may, sử dụng trong lời đề nghị lịch sự, đề nghị ai làm gì…
móc, potęga, siła…
-할지도 모르는, 아마 -인지도 모르는, 힘…
usato per parlare di ciò che potrebbe accadere: potere, usato per parlare di ciò che è possibile: potere, forza…
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