Might-be
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Might-be is an adjective meaning That might be or occur; possible; potential; hypothetical.
Meaning
That might be or occur; possible; potential; hypothetical.
More Meanings
- That which might be or happen; a possibility.
Example Sentences
Context two is a 'might be' and is futural and nameable as 'the desired'.
It is a might be, a mere possibility from the tossing ocean of pure chance.
"There is a might-be particle called a 'magnetic monopole' that was suggested by certain theories of Dirac and others but had never been observed.
In the Biology Teachers'" Handbook (Wiley, 1963), Schwab writes: A hypothesis is a "might be", a possibility which we intend to test . . . one of the values of a hypothesis consists in the fact that it can be made to point like an arrow [...]
Word Forms
- might-bes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include might, maybe, potential, probable, likely, possibilistic.
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