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modal verbmʌɪtmaɪt 1 past of may - 1.1 Used in reported speech, to express possibility or permission.
Example sentencesExamples - A farmer can report what he thinks might be foot and mouth, a vet has to be called, and a blood test done.
- A Morrison spokesman would not deny a report that the brothers might buy back the company.
- 1.2 Expressing a possibility based on an unfulfilled condition.
we might have won if we'd played better Example sentencesExamples - No, she does not, despite the fact his manoeuvre denied her the chance to stand as deputy, a post she might have won.
- We are left to wonder what more it might achieve if conditions were better.
- Overall it was a fair performance from the local side who might well have won but for a few crucial errors.
- Had Italy turned pressure into tries they might well have won the match.
- I thought the performance against West Brom was good and with a bit more luck we might have won the game.
- We had been optimistic that track conditions might suit us during the race, but that did not happen.
- I still remember the time my parents steered me clear of any stall where I might have won a goldfish.
- If this were just a question of her as a reporter that might not have been a problem.
- A permanent lunar base might then provide a springboard for a trip to Mars.
- Who knows, but if we had won that day we might not have made the changes that we did make to the panel for the league.
- There was a faint possibility she might have died from the resultant fumes.
- They had no choice but to turn around and go back to conditions that might have ended their lives.
- 1.3 Expressing annoyance about something that someone has not done.
- 1.4 Expressing purpose.
he avoided social engagements so that he might work Example sentencesExamples - However, Jesus knew that the law was given so that mankind might understand the purposes of God.
2Used tentatively to ask permission or to express a polite request. might I just ask one question? you might just call me Jane, if you don't mind - 2.1 Asking for information, especially condescendingly.
3Used to express possibility or make a suggestion. you might try pain relievers Example sentencesExamples - Suggestions for reforms that might limit house price inflation are plentiful enough.
- There is no suggestion that any schools might close or face restructuring.
- Some might say his report has extended a similar protection to those who govern us.
- Powerful minds can project incredibly rich suggestions of what it might feel like, but you don't know.
- On the issue of what these common values might be, the report provides no answers.
- There was also deep anger at reports that colleges might be privatised.
- They might be basing their charges on some kind of analogy to the cost of the hotel room.
- I was wondering if you have any suggestions as to what might be best for me considering his size.
- Identical reports might elicit different responses from different committees.
- Do you have any suggestions as to what might be causing it and what I can do to remedy the problem?
- I've made a few suggestions for things she might add to her site and she's always extremely grateful.
- I knew they would not be reported missing right away and might never be reported missing.
- He then asked doctors to phone in with suggestions of what might be wrong with him.
- There are also three reasons to kill off news reports because they might impact stability.
- We have a few suggestions that might work and they can be summed up in one word: layering.
- Reports that the guns might be destined for sale to the drugs underworld were dismissed as pure speculation.
- My suggestions for what might be happening were treated with, I felt, derision.
- That's important, but I have to remain open to the possibility that now might be the time to cut my losses and flee.
- It might endanger other reporters to have it publicly known that this deception is practised.
- But when a friend suggested the story might not be true she contacted the Advertiser for help.
Usage On the distinction between might and may, see may. For a discussion of the use of might of instead of might have, see have Phrases 1Used to make an unenthusiastic suggestion. Example sentencesExamples - I suggest to her that they might as well stop giving out tickets for now.
- And if we're going to disrespect the place, we might as well have the decency to spell it right.
- We might as well begin our quest to improve Anglo-German relations at the very top.
- Someone has to be the focus of the party and it might as well be you.
- So I might as well stop trying to write novels in which real people move.
- He's never going to go away, you know, so we might as well get used to it.
2Used to indicate that a situation is the same as if the hypothetical thing stated were true. for readers seeking illumination, this book might as well have been written in Serbo-Croatian Example sentencesExamples - Okay, that's not quite true, but it might as well be, because bubbly is everywhere in Reims.
- Well, if we're going to put up with water-cured bacon, we might as well pay as little as possible for it.
- If my husband was going to get ill it might as well be somewhere nice.
- If they're going to make you fight, you might as well do the job properly.
- When that hate finds its way into the mainstream consciousness, it might as well be true.
- The planet is never named, because it might as well be the whole universe in this book.
might have known (or guessed) Used to express one's lack of surprise about something. I might have known it was you Example sentencesExamples - You might have known, in general, that the market was in a bubble.
- As you might have guessed, it's no ordinary film.
- If our president had traveled more, he might have known that.
- These numbers reflect the environmental squalor that has amassed over the last few decades, due, as we all might have guessed, to pollution, over harvesting, disease, and habitat loss.
- This day, as you might have guessed, is called a ‘B’ day.
- So we didn't stay there too long, as you might have guessed.
- His more established blog, Law, Science and Technology, focuses on - as you might have guessed - the intersection of law, science, and technology.
- As you might have guessed, there's definitely more to this story.
- There is, as you might have guessed, a crisis situation.
- As you might have guessed, the menu is available in English, though you may have to spend time getting your head around some of the translations.
noun mʌɪtmaɪt mass nounGreat and impressive power or strength, especially of a nation, large organization, or natural force. a convincing display of military might Example sentencesExamples - She took on not only the might of the oceans, but also the might of reality, and has triumphed gloriously over both.
- We must encourage our leaders to use their heads rather than their might.
- They should use their might to challenge and change the laws of this land.
- Even against the might of the party machines they will be difficult to dislodge.
- The might of the Indian Army was on display as battle tanks and mounted missiles rolled out.
- Nor has it abated since she gave up fiction to challenge the might of the Indian state
- However, he believes in the might of the pen and claims not to have used a computer.
- The authorities told them they were privileged to witness the might of the Soviet military machine.
- The might and depth of the team was immediately evident, and with that comes a rise in the pressure on a driver.
- Their security doesn't depend on the might of their individual parts, but their ability to operate as a sum.
- He said the pen earlier and now the mouse of the computer is more powerful than the might of the canon.
- He called together the remnants of his tribe and the might of the enemy was overturned.
- There's no doubting that the might and grandeur of big mountains can make you feel very humble.
- The might of the Roman Empire came from its wealth in precious metals, not from its productivity.
- More than that, he knew his friend would cope against the might of Real Madrid.
- It can handle a bit of rough treatment, so kids can use all their might to pull out a stalk.
- With the might of the US behind them, it's as easy as shooting fish in a barrel for them.
- The empathy was evidently always with the freedom fighter as he took on the might of the oppressor.
- Now they face the might of Russia in a qualifier which has huge ramifications for the national side.
- What has maintained the old world order has been the might of the omnipotent dollar.
Synonyms strength, force, power vigour, energy, brawn, sinew, muscularity stamina, stoutness, mightiness, powerfulness, forcefulness, potency, toughness, robustness, sturdiness
Phrases Those who are powerful can do what they wish unchallenged, even if their action is in fact unjustified. he believed that might was right and woe betide anyone who stood in his way Example sentencesExamples - What's the point of engaging with what's happening around us when truth doesn't matter, might is right, and ethics hold you back and cost you money?
- This is an onerous responsibility, a responsibility which cannot be achieved by the notion that might is right.
- We are living under the New World Order where might is right and the propaganda machine creates the truths and facts to serve the cause of that right.
- Are we adopting a system that declares might is right?
- Children need discipline and clear boundaries but when parents resort to physical punishment they give out the wrong message that might is right.
- Societies in which might is right may of course persist with their traditional ways, but they then have to bear the consequences - including, in the long term, that more dynamic neighbours take control.
- The result would not be a strengthening of the international community but a new form of international vigilantism and the return, in liberal guise, of the principle that might is right.
- He explained that, in the invisible world of FM radio waves, might is right.
- Bullying is the classic statement that violence is right, that might is right.
- These are the days of might is right and revenge is my right.
Using all one's power or strength. he clung on with all his might she had been playing a part with all her might Example sentencesExamples - The important thing is not to focus on one, but get as much experience in as many places as one can, pumping your creative handle with all your might until the required juice finally appears.
- As the stranger pretending be Frankie's father, he is so soft-spoken, laid-back and self-effacing that you wish with all your might that he would stay and be Frankie's father forever.
- The drug companies for their part are mounting a blocking action with all their might.
- I ripped with all my might, but after a moment, all my strength was gone and I blacked out again.
- After embarrassing attempts at kicking with all my might, I was rescued by one of the super-experienced instructors.
- We have fought with all our might to find an alternative option, which is why today's announcement is so disappointing now.
- Eventually a wave washed up the beach, and as it rolled over her she gathered her strength and wriggled with all her might.
- With her last ounce of strength, she pushed at her assassin with all her might.
- You really have to fight the stereotyping with all your might.
- Though many today people loathe cubicles with all their might, Propst's invention was intended to reduce the anonymity of the workplace.
With all one's strength or power. Example sentencesExamples - As I was about to enter the dojo he begged me to fight with might and main adding that if I put my shoulder out again he would soon mend it!
Synonyms with all one's strength, with everything one has got, to the best of one's ability, as hard as one can, as hard as possible, all out, with maximum force, full force, with full force, full blast, with all the stops out, forcefully, powerfully, strongly, vigorously, enthusiastically
Origin Old English miht, mieht, of Germanic origin; related to may1. modal verbmaɪtmīt 1 past of may - 1.1 Used in reported speech, to express possibility or permission.
Example sentencesExamples - A farmer can report what he thinks might be foot and mouth, a vet has to be called, and a blood test done.
- A Morrison spokesman would not deny a report that the brothers might buy back the company.
- 1.2 Expressing a possibility based on an unfulfilled condition.
we might have won if we'd played better Example sentencesExamples - A permanent lunar base might then provide a springboard for a trip to Mars.
- Who knows, but if we had won that day we might not have made the changes that we did make to the panel for the league.
- They had no choice but to turn around and go back to conditions that might have ended their lives.
- We are left to wonder what more it might achieve if conditions were better.
- I still remember the time my parents steered me clear of any stall where I might have won a goldfish.
- If this were just a question of her as a reporter that might not have been a problem.
- We had been optimistic that track conditions might suit us during the race, but that did not happen.
- Overall it was a fair performance from the local side who might well have won but for a few crucial errors.
- No, she does not, despite the fact his manoeuvre denied her the chance to stand as deputy, a post she might have won.
- There was a faint possibility she might have died from the resultant fumes.
- I thought the performance against West Brom was good and with a bit more luck we might have won the game.
- Had Italy turned pressure into tries they might well have won the match.
- 1.3 Expressing annoyance about something that someone has not done.
- 1.4 Expressing purpose.
he avoided social engagements so that he might work Example sentencesExamples - However, Jesus knew that the law was given so that mankind might understand the purposes of God.
2Used in questions and requests. - 2.1 Tentatively asking permission.
might I ask one question? - 2.2 Asking for information, especially condescendingly.
3Used to express possibility or make a suggestion. you might try nonprescription pain relievers Example sentencesExamples - On the issue of what these common values might be, the report provides no answers.
- I knew they would not be reported missing right away and might never be reported missing.
- My suggestions for what might be happening were treated with, I felt, derision.
- Suggestions for reforms that might limit house price inflation are plentiful enough.
- Reports that the guns might be destined for sale to the drugs underworld were dismissed as pure speculation.
- But when a friend suggested the story might not be true she contacted the Advertiser for help.
- They might be basing their charges on some kind of analogy to the cost of the hotel room.
- It might endanger other reporters to have it publicly known that this deception is practised.
- Powerful minds can project incredibly rich suggestions of what it might feel like, but you don't know.
- There is no suggestion that any schools might close or face restructuring.
- I've made a few suggestions for things she might add to her site and she's always extremely grateful.
- We have a few suggestions that might work and they can be summed up in one word: layering.
- Identical reports might elicit different responses from different committees.
- Do you have any suggestions as to what might be causing it and what I can do to remedy the problem?
- There are also three reasons to kill off news reports because they might impact stability.
- Some might say his report has extended a similar protection to those who govern us.
- That's important, but I have to remain open to the possibility that now might be the time to cut my losses and flee.
- He then asked doctors to phone in with suggestions of what might be wrong with him.
- I was wondering if you have any suggestions as to what might be best for me considering his size.
- There was also deep anger at reports that colleges might be privatised.
Usage On the distinction between might and may, see may. For a discussion of the use of might of instead of might have, see have Phrases 1Used to make an unenthusiastic suggestion. Example sentencesExamples - And if we're going to disrespect the place, we might as well have the decency to spell it right.
- I suggest to her that they might as well stop giving out tickets for now.
- So I might as well stop trying to write novels in which real people move.
- He's never going to go away, you know, so we might as well get used to it.
- We might as well begin our quest to improve Anglo-German relations at the very top.
- Someone has to be the focus of the party and it might as well be you.
2Used to indicate that a situation is the same as if the hypothetical thing stated were true. for readers seeking illumination, this book might as well have been written in Serbo-Croatian Example sentencesExamples - If they're going to make you fight, you might as well do the job properly.
- Okay, that's not quite true, but it might as well be, because bubbly is everywhere in Reims.
- When that hate finds its way into the mainstream consciousness, it might as well be true.
- The planet is never named, because it might as well be the whole universe in this book.
- Well, if we're going to put up with water-cured bacon, we might as well pay as little as possible for it.
- If my husband was going to get ill it might as well be somewhere nice.
might have known (or guessed) Used to express one's lack of surprise about something. I might have known it was you Example sentencesExamples - His more established blog, Law, Science and Technology, focuses on - as you might have guessed - the intersection of law, science, and technology.
- There is, as you might have guessed, a crisis situation.
- As you might have guessed, it's no ordinary film.
- You might have known, in general, that the market was in a bubble.
- These numbers reflect the environmental squalor that has amassed over the last few decades, due, as we all might have guessed, to pollution, over harvesting, disease, and habitat loss.
- If our president had traveled more, he might have known that.
- This day, as you might have guessed, is called a ‘B’ day.
- As you might have guessed, the menu is available in English, though you may have to spend time getting your head around some of the translations.
- As you might have guessed, there's definitely more to this story.
- So we didn't stay there too long, as you might have guessed.
nounmaɪtmīt Great and impressive power or strength, especially of a nation, large organization, or natural force. a convincing display of military might Example sentencesExamples - The might and depth of the team was immediately evident, and with that comes a rise in the pressure on a driver.
- What has maintained the old world order has been the might of the omnipotent dollar.
- It can handle a bit of rough treatment, so kids can use all their might to pull out a stalk.
- We must encourage our leaders to use their heads rather than their might.
- He called together the remnants of his tribe and the might of the enemy was overturned.
- Even against the might of the party machines they will be difficult to dislodge.
- He said the pen earlier and now the mouse of the computer is more powerful than the might of the canon.
- They should use their might to challenge and change the laws of this land.
- Nor has it abated since she gave up fiction to challenge the might of the Indian state
- The empathy was evidently always with the freedom fighter as he took on the might of the oppressor.
- More than that, he knew his friend would cope against the might of Real Madrid.
- She took on not only the might of the oceans, but also the might of reality, and has triumphed gloriously over both.
- There's no doubting that the might and grandeur of big mountains can make you feel very humble.
- With the might of the US behind them, it's as easy as shooting fish in a barrel for them.
- The authorities told them they were privileged to witness the might of the Soviet military machine.
- Now they face the might of Russia in a qualifier which has huge ramifications for the national side.
- The might of the Indian Army was on display as battle tanks and mounted missiles rolled out.
- However, he believes in the might of the pen and claims not to have used a computer.
- Their security doesn't depend on the might of their individual parts, but their ability to operate as a sum.
- The might of the Roman Empire came from its wealth in precious metals, not from its productivity.
Phrases Those who are powerful can do what they wish unchallenged, even if their action is in fact unjustified. Example sentencesExamples - Societies in which might is right may of course persist with their traditional ways, but they then have to bear the consequences - including, in the long term, that more dynamic neighbours take control.
- Children need discipline and clear boundaries but when parents resort to physical punishment they give out the wrong message that might is right.
- Bullying is the classic statement that violence is right, that might is right.
- We are living under the New World Order where might is right and the propaganda machine creates the truths and facts to serve the cause of that right.
- This is an onerous responsibility, a responsibility which cannot be achieved by the notion that might is right.
- What's the point of engaging with what's happening around us when truth doesn't matter, might is right, and ethics hold you back and cost you money?
- Are we adopting a system that declares might is right?
- These are the days of might is right and revenge is my right.
- The result would not be a strengthening of the international community but a new form of international vigilantism and the return, in liberal guise, of the principle that might is right.
- He explained that, in the invisible world of FM radio waves, might is right.
Using all one's power or strength. Example sentencesExamples - The important thing is not to focus on one, but get as much experience in as many places as one can, pumping your creative handle with all your might until the required juice finally appears.
- As the stranger pretending be Frankie's father, he is so soft-spoken, laid-back and self-effacing that you wish with all your might that he would stay and be Frankie's father forever.
- After embarrassing attempts at kicking with all my might, I was rescued by one of the super-experienced instructors.
- With her last ounce of strength, she pushed at her assassin with all her might.
- We have fought with all our might to find an alternative option, which is why today's announcement is so disappointing now.
- Eventually a wave washed up the beach, and as it rolled over her she gathered her strength and wriggled with all her might.
- You really have to fight the stereotyping with all your might.
- The drug companies for their part are mounting a blocking action with all their might.
- Though many today people loathe cubicles with all their might, Propst's invention was intended to reduce the anonymity of the workplace.
- I ripped with all my might, but after a moment, all my strength was gone and I blacked out again.
With all one's strength or power. Example sentencesExamples - As I was about to enter the dojo he begged me to fight with might and main adding that if I put my shoulder out again he would soon mend it!
Synonyms with all one's strength, with everything one has got, to the best of one's ability, as hard as one can, as hard as possible, all out, with maximum force, full force, with full force, full blast, with all the stops out, forcefully, powerfully, strongly, vigorously, enthusiastically
Origin Old English miht, mieht, of Germanic origin; related to may. |