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- Dictionarymight/mʌɪt/
modal
- 1. past of may
- 2. used tentatively to ask permission or to express a polite request: "might I just ask one question?"
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used to make a suggestion or suggest a possibility in a polite way: You might try a little more basil in the sauce next time. I thought you might want to join me for dinner. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of MIGHT is —used to express permission, liberty, probability, or possibility in the past. How to use might in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Might.
Definition of might modal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. physical strength: He swung with all his might. Antonyms: weakness. superior power or strength; force: the theory that might makes right. Antonyms: weakness. power or ability to do or accomplish; capacity: the might of the ballot box.
used as a modal auxiliary in verbal phrases with present or future time reference, generally equivalent to may 1 in meaning and use, with the following functions: a. expressing esp. a shade of doubt or a lesser degree of possibility. it might rain. b. expressing a lesser degree of permission.
1. a. Used to indicate a condition or state contrary to fact: She might help if she knew the truth. b. Used to express possibility or probability: It might snow tomorrow. 2. Used to express possibility or probability in the past: She thought she might be late, but she arrived on time. 3.
might meaning, definition, what is might: if something might happen or might be tr...: Learn more.
