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maybe

  • adverb
  • mā'bē

Perhaps, possibly.

Example

“A small extra effort now can maybe save you much work later.”

Other meanings

  1. as a pro-sentence Perhaps that is true expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement.

Related words

  • maybeness
  • maybeso
  • and I don't mean maybe
  • maybe baby bias
  • maybe baby effect
  • maybeish
  • maybe type

Example sentences

  • “Maybe it would be good for her.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “Maybe you left it in your room.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
  • “Maybe I'm the problem.”

    Tatoeba · deniko · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “maybe” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.