MIGHT


Meaning of MIGHT in English

I. modal verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I might add (= used to comment on what you have just said )

She was trying to entertain us – unsuccessfully, I might add .

It might be worth...while

It might be worth your while to talk to the head of department.

might have known (= I am annoyed but not surprised )

I might have known you would take that attitude.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I/you might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb

as well sb might/may

Marilyn looked guilty when she saw me, as well she might.

And a deviant and mentally diseased species as well .

Microscopes caught the imagination, as well they might.

could/can/might easily

A high-resolution image, by contrast, could easily run as large as 15 million to 20 million bytes.

A single mutational step can easily be reversed.

But a small error in the procedure could easily leave her inoperable, or at least changed beyond recognition.

Governments can easily guarantee their employees a job, without guaranteeing the job they currently hold.

If you are writing on a complex topic a reader can easily become confused.

This was his hobby, sketching vertical monstrosities, though he might easily have been a spy.

Yet the world champion is so unpredictably gifted that one on-song display could easily enable her to sweep aside the opposition.

Young minds can easily assimilate and embrace all kinds of musical styles.

could/may/might yet do sth

it might/would be as well

may just/might just

may/might/could (just) as well

And if you have to plough the field anyway, you might as well plant it at the same time.

And we might as well get used to it and resolve to cope.

Besides, they cost so much, you might as well get some fun out of them.

I thought I might just as well come down to the point.

If the traveler expects the high way to be safe and well-graded, he might as well stay at home.

It might as well be now.

She might as well see how the enemy behaved themselves in a place like this.

While she was there, they might as well have added the charge of breaching the Trades Description Act.

may/might/could well

As we have already noted, he may well have been a militant nationalist who did not shrink from violence.

But the women whom they find may well not match their feminist consciousness.

By and large Alex and I think these developments are likely to give tangible gains and could well become a priority for implementation.

In addition, the clarification of such issues could well provide the initial stimulus for a whole school language policy.

It is too early to be entirely sure, but it looks as though the tide may well have turned.

The requirements may well be modified as detailed work and discussion proceed.

pigs might fly

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Might I come in?

Carrie might not be able to go.

He might have been outside.

I thought it might rain, so I brought an umbrella.

If Hawaii is too expensive, we might go to Florida.

Samuel left his children a letter, so that they might understand why he had to go away.

She said she might call you tomorrow.

This might help the pain a little bit.

You might try calling the store.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

But you might also want to be bumped.

Democracy might be expected to collapse under such pressure.

For reasons such as these, the property sector is increasingly concerned that these regulations might hold back major developments.

I wanted to tell him I might be the only one besides himself who would be voting for it.

In this way we catch a glimpse of what might be called the hermeneutical communion of saints.

Sewers and wells might halt the disease, but cost much more.

This isn't as difficult as you might think.

With the extra free time, they might do more volunteer work, Jerome said.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

industrial

Boss Mangan, the symbol of industrial and political might , is a love-stricken wreck easily manipulated by the go-getting Ellie Dunn.

They looked to the air as a source of jobs and industrial might .

I do not deny that it plays an important part, but the key to our strength is our industrial might .

military

I had thought all our military might was in the Middle East.

They pointed out that the United States already had more military might than the rest of the world combined.

It was a realm controlled by the disciplined military might of the Franks.

It is not simply enough to amass capital, military might or political support.

But it was good television rather than a convincing display of military might .

Its military and technological might is such that no state can come close to challenging it in the foreseeable future.

The territories described above were all to feel the military might of the Franks under the remarkable leadership of Charles the Great.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

The full might of the army could not defeat them.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

The might of water overwhelmed dark earth, over the summits of the highest mountains.

The Foundation is the source of power and might .

Think of the might of a forest fire or the burning heat of the sun.

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