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might
/maɪt/
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What does might mean?
noun
- Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.
- Physical strength or force.
- The ability to do something.
More meanings (8)
verb
- simple past of may
- Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done.
- Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe.
- Used concessively to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement; although
- Used to express certainty.
- (archaic) Used in polite requests for permission.
adjective
- (obsolete) Mighty; powerful.
- (obsolete) Possible.
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IPA pronunciation
/maɪt/
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“You might just as well say that ‘I see what I eat’ is the same thing as ‘I eat what I see’!”
But I show unto you one thing which I have inquired diligently of God that I might know—that is concerning the resurrection.
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The first success would be apt to inspire false opinions, which it might require a long course of subsequent experience to correct.
The same traits of character might be seen in Colonel Lloyd’s slaves, as are seen in the slaves of the political parties.
It might be the last time that he would see her alone, and today he could leave her without rancor, without bitterness.