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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)

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