might

CEFRA2

/maɪt/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    Used to say that something may happen or be true.

  2. 02

    noun

    Power or strength.

Examples

  • It might sound far-fetched, but this is a real problem.

  • You never listen. I might as well talk to the wall.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [mɐɪt]
  • [mɑjt]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. Physical strength or force.

  2. The ability to do something.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.

More examples

In context

  • He asked me if he might go to the party, but I haven't decided yet.

  • He pushed with all his might, but still it would not move.

  • I thought that I might go the next day.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English maught, might, miȝt, myght, from Old English maht, meaht, meht, mieht, miht, mæht (“ability, power; strength; virtue”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz (“ability, power; force, strength”), from Proto-Indo-European *(me)mógʰe (“to be able to, to have power”), from *megʰ- (“to be able”), corresponding to Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”) + *-þiz. Equivalent to may + -th. Cognates Cognate with Scots micht (“might”), Yola mought (“might”), Dutch macht (“might, power”), German Macht (“might, power”), Luxembourgish Muecht (“authority, might, power”), Yiddish מאַכט (makht, “might, power”), Faroese and Icelandic máttur (“might, strength”), Danish...