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might
modal verb (POSSIBILITY) /mɑɪt/ (present tense might)Definition
› used to express the possibility that something will happen or be done or is true, although it may not be very likely: We might come visit you in Atlanta in the spring. He’s very fast and he might even finish in the top three. The Beach Boys might well have been the most talented act to perform at the Monterey Pop Festival.
(Definition of might modal verb (POSSIBILITY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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