maybe
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- adverb
- /ˈmeɪbi/
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- So the hypothesis was that maybe they improve diversity.
- just maybe
- maybe even
- maybe too
I just want him to stop and maybe he'll just stop.
- I just want him to stop and maybe he'll just stop.
- You know, then maybe it starts to change.
- The thing that they keep saying is maybe the narcissist can't help it.
- So the hypothesis was that maybe they improve diversity.
- And I thought maybe he's meditating, maybe he's sleeping.
- He was maybe killed maybe six years, six years.
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But you know, maybe, maybe I'll change my mind.
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And maybe one day, yeah, maybe start the report again.
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So kind of like just maybe pass this around.
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But these are now maybe the third most rare.
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And then by the way, maybe today, just get quiet.
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You know, the youth, but maybe not for long.
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You know, then maybe it starts to change.
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I don't know, I think maybe it's worth a try.
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People aren't quite as heated as they were maybe two or three years ago.
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I don't know, I think maybe it's worth a try.
Synonyms
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May happen or be true and sometimes makes a request more polite
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There is a good chance it will happen
To show that something might happen
People use it to say maybe in old or poetic language
Said when you are not sure about something, often in old-fashioned language
Maybe in older or more formal writing
Says that something might happen by chance
Antonyms
How Certain
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Etymology
Maybe comes from the simple words may + be, literally 'it may be so'. So maybe is a short way to say 'possibly' or 'perhaps', and we use it when we are not sure.