Definition of maybe in English:

maybe

adverb ˈmeɪbiˈmeɪbiːˈmeɪbi

Perhaps; possibly.
maybe I won't go back
he was standing maybe 20 or 30 feet away
Example sentencesExamples
- Playing for the club you supported as a boy and live nearby, maybe you take that for granted.
- Last season we thought we were good enough to win the title, but maybe not mature enough.
- If we manage to beat them in the league this year, well, maybe we will win the league.
- You can set up your kids, and maybe even their kids, while doing something you enjoy.
- Maybe it was the Christmas feeling or maybe it was just the way she looked at me.
- It was maybe a mother's instinct which made me believe that somehow it would all work out.
- He's not been able to show it recently but I feel he's maybe needing a goal or two to give him a lift.
- I don't know, but maybe the millions who saw her on the news would like to know if the baby was a boy or a girl.
- He doesn't look his age, but then few of these men do, maybe because they don't act it.
- He's a better player, maybe because the type of ball he receives here suits his game.
- Then again, maybe if I ask nicely, the boss will let me string a hammock under my desk.
- We felt it was maybe the time to let him go because we were waiting on the next bit of front-page news.
- So basically, it's as good as it used to be, but maybe that's not good enough any more.
- They're given to guys who have maybe had an injury or who are suffering from a drink problem.
- We were at Kempton when he won the King George and we just thought that maybe this was going to be his day.
- Certainly now it is not possible to provide this level of service, and maybe it never was.
- Well, it was hard, but maybe you realise that a normal person can go out and do what they are doing.
- So, why is it not possible to stagger half term and summer breaks for maybe a week by county?
- Does he ever wonder if maybe by now he should have grown out of his grand obsession with football?
- Maybe it was part of a grand plan or maybe that's what he would want us to think.
Synonyms
perhaps, possibly, conceivably, it could be (that), it is possible (that), for all one knows
Northern English happen
literary peradventure, perchance, mayhap, haply
rare percase

noun ˈmeɪbiˈmeɪbiːˈmeɪbi

A mere possibility or probability.
no ifs, buts, or maybes
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘We've a confidential list of probables, possibles and maybes in terms of medals,’ she confides.
- Whatever the case, such ifs and maybes are certainly in keeping with the very essence of salmon fishing.
- The difference was, it made specific claims about Earth's history that could be disproven - thoroughly, with no wiggle room, no maybes, just plain wrong.
- I expected him to come back with a handful of candidates and a few more maybes.
- Then there are the potential maybes, fraught with fewer hazards.
- Solid facts are few and far between; we're forced to make our way based on hypotheticals and maybes and historical analogies.
- I'm not talking about ifs, buts and maybes but times when there should have been dead-set tries.
- We want to leave their consulting room with a definitive answer, a solid diagnosis, not ifs and maybes.
- In place of concrete evidence and facts, it substitutes possibilities, intentions and maybes.
- It is all ifs, buts and maybes but I have been pleased with him over the length of time that he has been here and this little spell that he's been having has been terrific.
- He'd spent too many years wondering about maybes.
- Those who have to take their big career decision this year can add this to their list of maybes - a chance to enter the exciting hi-tech world of computers.
- Considering how few maybes there have been in his life, this concession is huge.
- My mind was swimming with what ifs, ands, buts and maybes.
- And we can all sit here and name another hundred maybes, any of which could change the dynamic of the election.
- He insists he hasn't focused on the what, ifs and maybes.
- It is not a case of maybes, ifs and buts, it is a case that someone has to come in in the next five weeks for us to continue.
- The Pacific has been a division full of maybes.
- It's all a bunch of maybes.
- Now, there's no ifs, buts and maybes about that.

Phrases

that's as maybe

Used to admit the truth of a point in an argument before introducing another, more important point.
well, that's as maybe but it's not the way the BBC works
Example sentencesExamples
- Now, that's as maybe - but it does get you thinking about the history of the monkey in popular music.
- Well, that's as maybe, but, I wonder, could you take me to this palace of yours so I can talk to my father?
- Well, that's as maybe, but he's also a man who regarded murder and terror as an acceptable way of advancing political ends.

Origin

Late Middle English: from the phrase it may be (that).

Rhymes

Achebe, baby

Definition of maybe in US English:

maybe

adverbˈmeɪbiˈmābē

Perhaps; possibly.
maybe I won't go back
maybe she'd been wrong to accept this job
Example sentencesExamples
- So, why is it not possible to stagger half term and summer breaks for maybe a week by county?
- I don't know, but maybe the millions who saw her on the news would like to know if the baby was a boy or a girl.
- Does he ever wonder if maybe by now he should have grown out of his grand obsession with football?
- Certainly now it is not possible to provide this level of service, and maybe it never was.
- They're given to guys who have maybe had an injury or who are suffering from a drink problem.
- So basically, it's as good as it used to be, but maybe that's not good enough any more.
- Last season we thought we were good enough to win the title, but maybe not mature enough.
- We felt it was maybe the time to let him go because we were waiting on the next bit of front-page news.
- We were at Kempton when he won the King George and we just thought that maybe this was going to be his day.
- Well, it was hard, but maybe you realise that a normal person can go out and do what they are doing.
- He doesn't look his age, but then few of these men do, maybe because they don't act it.
- Then again, maybe if I ask nicely, the boss will let me string a hammock under my desk.
- You can set up your kids, and maybe even their kids, while doing something you enjoy.
- He's not been able to show it recently but I feel he's maybe needing a goal or two to give him a lift.
- He's a better player, maybe because the type of ball he receives here suits his game.
- Maybe it was part of a grand plan or maybe that's what he would want us to think.
- If we manage to beat them in the league this year, well, maybe we will win the league.
- It was maybe a mother's instinct which made me believe that somehow it would all work out.
- Maybe it was the Christmas feeling or maybe it was just the way she looked at me.
- Playing for the club you supported as a boy and live nearby, maybe you take that for granted.
Synonyms
perhaps, possibly, conceivably, it could be, it could be that, it is possible, it is possible that, for all one knows

nounˈmeɪbiˈmābē

A mere possibility or probability.
no ifs, buts, or maybes
Example sentencesExamples
- The difference was, it made specific claims about Earth's history that could be disproven - thoroughly, with no wiggle room, no maybes, just plain wrong.
- My mind was swimming with what ifs, ands, buts and maybes.
- It is not a case of maybes, ifs and buts, it is a case that someone has to come in in the next five weeks for us to continue.
- In place of concrete evidence and facts, it substitutes possibilities, intentions and maybes.
- He insists he hasn't focused on the what, ifs and maybes.
- Whatever the case, such ifs and maybes are certainly in keeping with the very essence of salmon fishing.
- Considering how few maybes there have been in his life, this concession is huge.
- We want to leave their consulting room with a definitive answer, a solid diagnosis, not ifs and maybes.
- Now, there's no ifs, buts and maybes about that.
- Then there are the potential maybes, fraught with fewer hazards.
- The Pacific has been a division full of maybes.
- And we can all sit here and name another hundred maybes, any of which could change the dynamic of the election.
- Those who have to take their big career decision this year can add this to their list of maybes - a chance to enter the exciting hi-tech world of computers.
- Solid facts are few and far between; we're forced to make our way based on hypotheticals and maybes and historical analogies.
- I expected him to come back with a handful of candidates and a few more maybes.
- ‘We've a confidential list of probables, possibles and maybes in terms of medals,’ she confides.
- It is all ifs, buts and maybes but I have been pleased with him over the length of time that he has been here and this little spell that he's been having has been terrific.
- It's all a bunch of maybes.
- He'd spent too many years wondering about maybes.
- I'm not talking about ifs, buts and maybes but times when there should have been dead-set tries.

Origin

Late Middle English: from the phrase it may be (that).

单词	maybe
释义	Definition of maybe in English: maybe adverb ˈmeɪbiˈmeɪbiːˈmeɪbi Perhaps; possibly. maybe I won't go back he was standing maybe 20 or 30 feet away Example sentencesExamples Playing for the club you supported as a boy and live nearby, maybe you take that for granted. Last season we thought we were good enough to win the title, but maybe not mature enough. If we manage to beat them in the league this year, well, maybe we will win the league. You can set up your kids, and maybe even their kids, while doing something you enjoy. Maybe it was the Christmas feeling or maybe it was just the way she looked at me. It was maybe a mother's instinct which made me believe that somehow it would all work out. He's not been able to show it recently but I feel he's maybe needing a goal or two to give him a lift. I don't know, but maybe the millions who saw her on the news would like to know if the baby was a boy or a girl. He doesn't look his age, but then few of these men do, maybe because they don't act it. He's a better player, maybe because the type of ball he receives here suits his game. Then again, maybe if I ask nicely, the boss will let me string a hammock under my desk. We felt it was maybe the time to let him go because we were waiting on the next bit of front-page news. So basically, it's as good as it used to be, but maybe that's not good enough any more. They're given to guys who have maybe had an injury or who are suffering from a drink problem. We were at Kempton when he won the King George and we just thought that maybe this was going to be his day. Certainly now it is not possible to provide this level of service, and maybe it never was. Well, it was hard, but maybe you realise that a normal person can go out and do what they are doing. So, why is it not possible to stagger half term and summer breaks for maybe a week by county? Does he ever wonder if maybe by now he should have grown out of his grand obsession with football? Maybe it was part of a grand plan or maybe that's what he would want us to think. Synonyms perhaps, possibly, conceivably, it could be (that), it is possible (that), for all one knows Northern English happen literary peradventure, perchance, mayhap, haply rare percase noun ˈmeɪbiˈmeɪbiːˈmeɪbi A mere possibility or probability. no ifs, buts, or maybes Example sentencesExamples ‘We've a confidential list of probables, possibles and maybes in terms of medals,’ she confides. Whatever the case, such ifs and maybes are certainly in keeping with the very essence of salmon fishing. The difference was, it made specific claims about Earth's history that could be disproven - thoroughly, with no wiggle room, no maybes, just plain wrong. I expected him to come back with a handful of candidates and a few more maybes. Then there are the potential maybes, fraught with fewer hazards. Solid facts are few and far between; we're forced to make our way based on hypotheticals and maybes and historical analogies. I'm not talking about ifs, buts and maybes but times when there should have been dead-set tries. We want to leave their consulting room with a definitive answer, a solid diagnosis, not ifs and maybes. In place of concrete evidence and facts, it substitutes possibilities, intentions and maybes. It is all ifs, buts and maybes but I have been pleased with him over the length of time that he has been here and this little spell that he's been having has been terrific. He'd spent too many years wondering about maybes. Those who have to take their big career decision this year can add this to their list of maybes - a chance to enter the exciting hi-tech world of computers. Considering how few maybes there have been in his life, this concession is huge. My mind was swimming with what ifs, ands, buts and maybes. And we can all sit here and name another hundred maybes, any of which could change the dynamic of the election. He insists he hasn't focused on the what, ifs and maybes. It is not a case of maybes, ifs and buts, it is a case that someone has to come in in the next five weeks for us to continue. The Pacific has been a division full of maybes. It's all a bunch of maybes. Now, there's no ifs, buts and maybes about that. Phrases that's as maybe Used to admit the truth of a point in an argument before introducing another, more important point. well, that's as maybe but it's not the way the BBC works Example sentencesExamples Now, that's as maybe - but it does get you thinking about the history of the monkey in popular music. Well, that's as maybe, but, I wonder, could you take me to this palace of yours so I can talk to my father? Well, that's as maybe, but he's also a man who regarded murder and terror as an acceptable way of advancing political ends. Origin Late Middle English: from the phrase it may be (that). Rhymes Achebe, baby adv..1 phr. Definition of maybe in US English: maybe adverbˈmeɪbiˈmābē Perhaps; possibly. maybe I won't go back maybe she'd been wrong to accept this job Example sentencesExamples So, why is it not possible to stagger half term and summer breaks for maybe a week by county? I don't know, but maybe the millions who saw her on the news would like to know if the baby was a boy or a girl. Does he ever wonder if maybe by now he should have grown out of his grand obsession with football? Certainly now it is not possible to provide this level of service, and maybe it never was. They're given to guys who have maybe had an injury or who are suffering from a drink problem. So basically, it's as good as it used to be, but maybe that's not good enough any more. Last season we thought we were good enough to win the title, but maybe not mature enough. We felt it was maybe the time to let him go because we were waiting on the next bit of front-page news. We were at Kempton when he won the King George and we just thought that maybe this was going to be his day. Well, it was hard, but maybe you realise that a normal person can go out and do what they are doing. He doesn't look his age, but then few of these men do, maybe because they don't act it. Then again, maybe if I ask nicely, the boss will let me string a hammock under my desk. You can set up your kids, and maybe even their kids, while doing something you enjoy. He's not been able to show it recently but I feel he's maybe needing a goal or two to give him a lift. He's a better player, maybe because the type of ball he receives here suits his game. Maybe it was part of a grand plan or maybe that's what he would want us to think. If we manage to beat them in the league this year, well, maybe we will win the league. It was maybe a mother's instinct which made me believe that somehow it would all work out. Maybe it was the Christmas feeling or maybe it was just the way she looked at me. Playing for the club you supported as a boy and live nearby, maybe you take that for granted. Synonyms perhaps, possibly, conceivably, it could be, it could be that, it is possible, it is possible that, for all one knows nounˈmeɪbiˈmābē A mere possibility or probability. no ifs, buts, or maybes Example sentencesExamples The difference was, it made specific claims about Earth's history that could be disproven - thoroughly, with no wiggle room, no maybes, just plain wrong. My mind was swimming with what ifs, ands, buts and maybes. It is not a case of maybes, ifs and buts, it is a case that someone has to come in in the next five weeks for us to continue. In place of concrete evidence and facts, it substitutes possibilities, intentions and maybes. He insists he hasn't focused on the what, ifs and maybes. Whatever the case, such ifs and maybes are certainly in keeping with the very essence of salmon fishing. Considering how few maybes there have been in his life, this concession is huge. We want to leave their consulting room with a definitive answer, a solid diagnosis, not ifs and maybes. Now, there's no ifs, buts and maybes about that. Then there are the potential maybes, fraught with fewer hazards. The Pacific has been a division full of maybes. And we can all sit here and name another hundred maybes, any of which could change the dynamic of the election. Those who have to take their big career decision this year can add this to their list of maybes - a chance to enter the exciting hi-tech world of computers. Solid facts are few and far between; we're forced to make our way based on hypotheticals and maybes and historical analogies. I expected him to come back with a handful of candidates and a few more maybes. ‘We've a confidential list of probables, possibles and maybes in terms of medals,’ she confides. It is all ifs, buts and maybes but I have been pleased with him over the length of time that he has been here and this little spell that he's been having has been terrific. It's all a bunch of maybes. He'd spent too many years wondering about maybes. I'm not talking about ifs, buts and maybes but times when there should have been dead-set tries. Origin Late Middle English: from the phrase it may be (that).
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