mightmodal verb
uk/maɪt/us/maɪt/might modal verb (MAY)
past simple of the verb may, used especially when reporting what someone has said, thought, asked, etc.:
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- "I thought you might have helped, " she replied peevishly.
- He wrote to me last week regarding a business proposition he thought might interest me.
- Jan hasn't got a ticket but I thought we might sneak her in.
- I suggested that a cup of tea might settle her stomach.
- I've brought with me an article from yesterday's paper that I thought might amuse you.
might modal verb (POSSIBILITY)
A2 used to express the possibility that something will happen or be done, or that something is true although not very likely:
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- He hesitated before ringing her, fearful of what she might say.
- I waited in all evening in the fond hope that he might call.
- I might go along to the party later.
- You should hang onto that painting - it might be valuable one day.
- Keep a lookout for small objects that a baby might swallow.
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Achievable
- -ible
- able
- achievable
- attainable
- doable
- enabled
- feasibility
- feasibility study
- feasible
- humanly
- manageable
- may
- poss
- possible
- practicable
- practical
- practicality
- reach
- running
- viable
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might modal verb (PERMISSION)
mainly UK formal US old-fashioned used as a more polite form of may when asking for permission:
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- Might I borrow your pen?
- He asked if he might accompany her.
- Might I sit with you?
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Making appeals & requests
- a cry for help idiom
- appellate
- application
- apply
- ask for sb
- beseech
- besiege
- besought
- bum
- cri de coeur
- crowdsource
- freeloader
- gateway
- hit sb up
- I'll thank you to do sth idiom
- pester
- petition
- request
- scrounge
- sponge
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might modal verb (SUGGESTION)
C1 used to make a suggestion or suggest a possibility in a polite way:
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- You might like to stay an extra night.
- You might prefer a stronger drink?
- I thought you might like to consider a holiday.
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Polite expressions
- actually
- after
- allow
- by all means idiom
- chance
- could
- disrespect
- don't mention it! idiom
- excuse
- forgive
- good
- honour
- might I ask/inquire/know idiom
- no problem idiom
- obliged
- pardon
- perhaps
- place
- pleasure
- welcome
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might modal verb (SHOULD)
used to suggest, especially angrily, what someone should do to be pleasant, correct, polite, etc.:
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Suggestions & proposals
- about
- float
- get at sth
- grab
- hint
- how about...? idiom
- how does... grab you? idiom
- how/what about...? idiom
- indication
- it wouldn't hurt you to do sth idiom
- move
- offer
- on the table idiom
- point sb towards/in the direction of sth idiom
- posit
- postulate
- proposal
- put
- put ideas into sb's head idiom
- table
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might modal verb (INTRODUCE)
also may used to introduce a statement that is very different from the statement you really want to make, in order to compare the two:
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Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast
- again
- any way you slice it idiom
- at any rate idiom
- at least idiom
- best
- but
- disjunctive
- given
- hand
- however
- least
- never
- nevertheless
- no thanks to sb idiom
- rate
- seeing (that)
- slice
- though
- tooth
- when
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Idiom(s)
mightnoun [ U ]
uk/maɪt/us/maɪt/power, strength, or force:
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Power to control
- ascendancy
- big beast
- buy-in
- chairmanship
- determination
- discipline
- dominant
- juice
- leadership
- lever
- leverage
- manipulation
- mastery
- oversight
- responsibility
- sphere of influence
- spin control
- state-controlled
- states' rights
- tooth
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