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might

Pronunciation: /maɪt/

The English word “might” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.
  2. Physical strength or force.
  3. The ability to do something.

adjective

  1. Mighty; powerful.
  2. Possible.

verb

  1. Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done.
  2. Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe.
  3. Used concessively to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement; although
  4. Used in polite requests for permission.
  5. Used to express certainty.

Etymology

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.…

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