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maybe
[ mey-bee ]
adverb
- perhaps; possibly:
Maybe I'll go too.
noun
- a possibility or uncertainty.
maybe
/ ˈɪˌː /
adverb
- perhaps
- ( as sentence modifier )
maybe I'll come tomorrow
sentence substitute
- possibly; neither yes nor no
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of maybe1
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Example Sentences
Today, you may get two points, but tomorrow maybe you get three.
“It woke me up to the idea that film and what I do for a living does have the potential to inform other people of these things and maybe motivate change,” he says.
"That makes me realise that when the day comes that I'm not nervous to go out at the O2, maybe it's time for me to retire," he added.
And I was like, “He’s just told me that. So maybe that means I’ve got the part?”
He had a year last year where you thought maybe they needed to move on and get someone better, but this year he's gone from strength to strength and has become a key component.
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