may
modal verb (POSSIBILITY) /meɪ/Definition
A2 used to express possibility: There may be other problems that we don't know about. I may see you tomorrow before I leave. The cause of the accident may never be discovered. The explosion may have been caused by a faulty electrical connection. We'd better not interfere - she may not like it. There may be some evidence to suggest she's guilty, but it's hardly conclusive. → Compare might modal verbAchievablePossible and probable
(Definition of may modal verb (POSSIBILITY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -able suffix (CAN BE)
- -ible suffix
- achievable adjective
- attainable adjective
- doable adjective
- enabled adjective, suffix
- feasibility noun
- feasibility study noun
- feasible adjective
- humanly adverb
- in/out of the running idiom
- manageable adjective
- might modal verb (POSSIBILITY)
- poss adjective
- possible adjective (CAN ACHIEVE)
- practicable adjective
- practical adjective (POSSIBLE)
- practicality noun (POSSIBLE)
- reach noun (LIMIT)
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