Meaning of maybe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Perhaps, possibly.
   not-comparable
2. maybe, perhaps
3. Used to indicate uncertainty or possibility: We should maybe take a different route. Maybe it won't rain.
4. Perhaps that is true (expressing no commitment to a decision or a neutral viewpoint to a statement).
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5. Possibly but not certainly:mayhap, perchance, perhaps.
6. Certainly.
   UK, not-comparable
7. it is possible (that); perhaps. Maybe he'll come, and maybe he won't. dalk رُبَّما، من المُمْكِن може би talvez možná vielleicht måske ίσωςquizá, tal vez võib-olla ممکن است ehkä peut-êtreאולי सम्भवत: možda talán mungkin ef til vill, kannski, má vera forse たぶん 아마도 galbūt iespējams; varbūt mungkin misschienkanskje, muligens, kan hendebyć może امكان لرى talvez poate может быть, возможно možno morda možda kanske, kanhända บางที belki 可能 можливо شاید có thể 可能
8. adv. quizás, tal vez.
9. An uncertainty: There are so many maybes involved in playing the stock market.
10. An uncertain reply: It's better to receive a fast and honest no than a drawn-out maybe.
11. perhaps
12. possibly; neither yes nor no
13. perhaps; possibly: Maybe I'll go too.
14. a possibility or uncertainty.

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Examples

“A small extra effort now can maybe save you much work later.”

“Maybe I was imagining it, but I could swear that the dog understood what I was saying.”

“Okay. See you later, maybe. — Maybe I’ll see you later.”

“Maybe not the best idea.”

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