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Definitions for maybe
ˈmeɪ bimaybe

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap, peradventureadverb

    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"

Wiktionary

  1. maybenoun

    Something that is possibly true.

  2. maybenoun

    An answer that shows neither agreement nor disagreement.

    The results of the poll were inconclusive. We got two yeses, three nos, and four maybes.

  3. maybeadverb

    (as a pro-sentence) perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement)

  4. maybeadjective

    Possible; uncertain.

    Then add those may-be years thou hast to live Dryden.

  5. Etymology: From an ellipsis of, equivalent to. Compare mayhap.

Wikipedia

  1. Maybe

    Maybe means yes

ChatGPT

  1. Maybe

    Maybe is a term used to express uncertainty or lack of a definite answer or decision. It indicates a possibility or potential outcome without making a commitment. It suggests that a situation or event could occur, but there is also a chance that it may not. Therefore, it represents an ambiguous or unclear state of affairs.

  2. maybe

    Maybe refers to uncertainty or a lack of definite answer or decision. It suggests a possibility or probability without committing to a definite outcome. It can be used to express doubt, hesitation, or indecisiveness.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Maybeadverb

    perhaps; possibly; peradventure

  2. Maybeadjective

    possible; probable, but not sure

  3. Maybenoun

    possibility; uncertainty

  4. Etymology: [For it may be.]

Freebase

  1. Maybe

    "Maybe" is a song performed by all-female German pop group No Angels. It was written and composed by Pelle Ankarberg, Niclas Molinder, Maryann Morgan, and Joacim Persson and originally recorded by American-Norwegian pop singer Trine Rein, featuring strings by violinist Andreas Ljones. An uplifting rock pop song that features a heavy guitar riff sample, it incorporates an uncredited sample of The Beatles' 1969 number-one record "Come Together", while its lyrics revolve around relationship that is built upon contingence and hesitancy. In October 2006, Rein and Ljones qualified for the Melodi Grand Prix 2007 with the song, the television show in which the Norwegian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was chosen. It eventually finished the contest in the final round, losing to Guri Schanke's "Ven a bailar conmigo". The same year, "Maybe" was also recorded by the re-formed No Angels for their fourth studio album, Destiny. Produced by frequent collaborators Twin from Redfly Music, it was selected as album's second single and released on June 15, 2007 in German-speaking Europe, where it reached number 36 on the German Singles Chart and number 62 on the Ö3 Austria Top 40 chart, becoming one of the band's lowest-charting single up to that date.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'maybe' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1342

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'maybe' in Written Corpus Frequency: #322

  3. Adverbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'maybe' in Adverbs Frequency: #98

Anagrams for maybe »

  1. abyme

  2. beamy

  3. embay

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of maybe in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of maybe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of maybe in a Sentence

  1. Mickey Mehta:

    Living within means economically maybe wise, but not to have magnified vision of bigger objectives, maybe otherwise. Let not your vision for life goals be economized, look beyond, be larger than life and get MickeyMized.

  2. Donald Boyd:

    It may be that what legislatures do is they cut spending, maybe they cut teachers, maybe they cut police and fire, maybe they cut Medicaid, or maybe they raise taxes. But the government and therefore the taxpayers one way or another generally have to make up any shortfalls, if they fall 12 percent short in a single year, we’re looking at more than $400 billion of a shortfall, which taxpayers would have to make up.

  3. Donald Trump on Saturday:

    I'm always audited by the IRS which I think is very unfair, maybe because of religion, maybe because of something else, well, maybe because of the fact that I'm a strong Christian and I feel strongly about it and maybe there's a bias.

  4. John McCain:

    Maybe it was through some medium that I'm not familiar with. Maybe bouncing it off the ozone layer, for all I know, there's a lot of holes in the ozone layer, so maybe it wasn't the ozone layer that he bounced it off of. Maybe it was through hand telegraph, maybe sign language, who knows?

  5. Scott C. Holstad:

    well it’s almost noon and i've done nothing all day, all my great plans shot to hell, of getting up at 7 and writing 3 new poems 1 new story 5 letters of sending out submissions to 4 new magazines and making several phone calls all by noon – so i'll just keep drinking coffee and reading from the stack of books on my kitchen table and maybe i'll go catch a flick and maybe just maybe i'll get half as much done tomorrow.

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