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WordBand 4.5–5.5Core (NGSL)
maybe
/ˈmeɪbi/
noun1 of 2
possibly but not certainly; perhaps
- “Maybe it's all nothing more than a waste of time.”Tatoeba
- “Maybe we can find a new way to do that.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
adjective2 of 2
Possible; uncertain.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)