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may·be  (mb)
adv.
Perhaps; possibly.
n. Informal
1. An uncertainty: There are so many maybes involved in playing the stock market.
2. An uncertain reply: It's better to receive a fast and honest no than a drawn-out maybe.

maybe
Adverb
perhaps
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Adv.1.maybe - by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"

maybe
adverb perhaps, possibly, it could be, conceivably, perchance (archaic) mayhap (archaic) peradventure (archaic)
Translations
maybe [ˈmeɪbiː] advquizá(s);
maybe not → quizá(s) no

maybe [ˈmeɪbiː] advpeut-être;
maybe he'll ... → peut-être qu'il ...;
maybe not → peut-être pas

maybe [ˈmeɪbiː] advvielleicht;
maybe he'll ... → es kann sein, dass er ...;
maybe not → vielleicht nicht

maybe [ˈmeɪbiː] advforse, può darsi;
maybe he'll ... → può darsi che lui ... + sub; forse lui ...;
maybe not → forse no, può darsi di no

maybe
adv maybe [ˈmeibiː]
it is possible (that); perhaps Maybe he'll come, and maybe he won't. dalk رُبَّما، من المُمْكِن може би možná måske vielleicht ίσως quizá, tal vez võib-olla ممکن است ehkä peut-être אוּלַי सम्भवत: možda talán mungkin ef til vill, kannski, má vera forse たぶん 아마, 어쩌면 galbūt iespējams; varbūt mungkin misschien kanskje, muligens, kan hende być może talvez poate может быть, возможно možno morda možda kanske, kanhända บางที belki 可能 можливо شاید có thể


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