"might" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /maɪt/ Audio: en-us-might.ogg [US] Forms: mighter [comparative], mightest [superlative]
enPR: mīt Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Middle English myght, might (also maught, macht, maht), from Old English miht, mieht, meaht, mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”), corresponding to Germanic *maganą + *-þiz. Equivalent to may + -th. Cognate with Scots micht, maucht (“might”), North Frisian macht (“might, ability”), West Frisian macht (“might, ability”), Dutch macht (“might, power”), German Macht (“power, might”), Swedish makt (“might”), Norwegian makt (“power”), Icelandic máttur (“might”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts), and further to Russian мочь (močʹ, “power, might”) and мощь (moščʹ, “force, strength”), Ukrainian міч (mič) and міць (micʹ, “power”), Bulgarian мощ (mošt, “power, might”), Serbo-Croatian moć (“power”), Czech moc (“power”), Polish moc (“power”). See more at may. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*megʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|myght}} Middle English myght, {{m|enm|might}} might, {{m|enm|maught}} maught, {{m|enm|macht}} macht, {{m|enm|maht}} maht, {{inh|en|ang|miht}} Old English miht, {{m|ang|mieht}} mieht, {{m|ang|meaht}} meaht, {{m|ang|mæht||might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel}} mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*mahti}} Proto-West Germanic *mahti, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mahtiz}} Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, {{m|gem-pro|*mahtuz||might, power}} *mahtuz (“might, power”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*mógʰtis}} Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, {{m|ine-pro|*megʰ-||to allow, be able, help}} *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”), {{m|gem-pro|*maganą}} *maganą, {{m|gem-pro|*-þiz}} *-þiz, {{m|en|may}} may, {{suf|en||-th|nocat=1}} + -th, {{cog|sco|micht}} Scots micht, {{m|sco|maucht||might}} maucht (“might”), {{cog|frr|macht||might, ability}} North Frisian macht (“might, ability”), {{cog|fy|macht||might, ability}} West Frisian macht (“might, ability”), {{cog|nl|macht||might, power}} Dutch macht (“might, power”), {{cog|de|Macht||power, might}} German Macht (“power, might”), {{cog|sv|makt||might}} Swedish makt (“might”), {{cog|no|makt||power}} Norwegian makt (“power”), {{cog|is|máttur||might}} Icelandic máttur (“might”), {{cog|got|𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃}} Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts), {{cog|ru|мочь||power, might}} Russian мочь (močʹ, “power, might”), {{m|ru|мощь||force, strength}} мощь (moščʹ, “force, strength”), {{cog|uk|міч}} Ukrainian міч (mič), {{m|uk|міць||power}} міць (micʹ, “power”), {{cog|bg|мощ||power, might}} Bulgarian мощ (mošt, “power, might”), {{cog|sh|moć||power}} Serbo-Croatian moć (“power”), {{cog|cs|moc||power}} Czech moc (“power”), {{cog|pl|moc||power}} Polish moc (“power”), {{l|en|may}} may Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} might (comparative mighter, superlative mightest)
  1. (obsolete) Mighty; powerful. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-might-en-adj--YnHIsuT
  2. (obsolete) Possible. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-might-en-adj-CcINHajB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mite [informal, pronunciation-spelling]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /maɪt/ Audio: en-us-might.ogg [US] Forms: mights [plural]
enPR: mīt Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Middle English myght, might (also maught, macht, maht), from Old English miht, mieht, meaht, mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”), corresponding to Germanic *maganą + *-þiz. Equivalent to may + -th. Cognate with Scots micht, maucht (“might”), North Frisian macht (“might, ability”), West Frisian macht (“might, ability”), Dutch macht (“might, power”), German Macht (“power, might”), Swedish makt (“might”), Norwegian makt (“power”), Icelandic máttur (“might”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts), and further to Russian мочь (močʹ, “power, might”) and мощь (moščʹ, “force, strength”), Ukrainian міч (mič) and міць (micʹ, “power”), Bulgarian мощ (mošt, “power, might”), Serbo-Croatian moć (“power”), Czech moc (“power”), Polish moc (“power”). See more at may. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*megʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|myght}} Middle English myght, {{m|enm|might}} might, {{m|enm|maught}} maught, {{m|enm|macht}} macht, {{m|enm|maht}} maht, {{inh|en|ang|miht}} Old English miht, {{m|ang|mieht}} mieht, {{m|ang|meaht}} meaht, {{m|ang|mæht||might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel}} mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*mahti}} Proto-West Germanic *mahti, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mahtiz}} Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, {{m|gem-pro|*mahtuz||might, power}} *mahtuz (“might, power”), {{inh|en|ine-pro|*mógʰtis}} Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, {{m|ine-pro|*megʰ-||to allow, be able, help}} *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”), {{m|gem-pro|*maganą}} *maganą, {{m|gem-pro|*-þiz}} *-þiz, {{m|en|may}} may, {{suf|en||-th|nocat=1}} + -th, {{cog|sco|micht}} Scots micht, {{m|sco|maucht||might}} maucht (“might”), {{cog|frr|macht||might, ability}} North Frisian macht (“might, ability”), {{cog|fy|macht||might, ability}} West Frisian macht (“might, ability”), {{cog|nl|macht||might, power}} Dutch macht (“might, power”), {{cog|de|Macht||power, might}} German Macht (“power, might”), {{cog|sv|makt||might}} Swedish makt (“might”), {{cog|no|makt||power}} Norwegian makt (“power”), {{cog|is|máttur||might}} Icelandic máttur (“might”), {{cog|got|𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃}} Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts), {{cog|ru|мочь||power, might}} Russian мочь (močʹ, “power, might”), {{m|ru|мощь||force, strength}} мощь (moščʹ, “force, strength”), {{cog|uk|міч}} Ukrainian міч (mič), {{m|uk|міць||power}} міць (micʹ, “power”), {{cog|bg|мощ||power, might}} Bulgarian мощ (mošt, “power, might”), {{cog|sh|moć||power}} Serbo-Croatian moć (“power”), {{cog|cs|moc||power}} Czech moc (“power”), {{cog|pl|moc||power}} Polish moc (“power”), {{l|en|may}} may Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} might (countable and uncountable, plural mights)
  1. (countable, uncountable) Power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: authority, potency, power Translations (personal power): κράτος (krátos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), δύναμις (dúnamis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), قُوَّة (quwwa) [feminine] (Arabic), զորություն (zorutʿyun) (Armenian), հզորություն (hzorutʿyun) (Armenian), qüdrət (Azerbaijani), мощ (mošt) [feminine] (Bulgarian), могъщество (mogǎštestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), moc [feminine] (Czech), macht [feminine] (Dutch), wsr-s-r-w-A24-Z2 (wsrw) (Egyptian), mahti (Finnish), voima (Finnish), pouvoir [masculine] (French), puissance [feminine] (French), სიძლიერე (siʒliere) (Georgian), Macht [feminine] (German), 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts) [feminine] (Gothic), hatalom (Hungarian), potere [masculine] (Italian), 위력 (wiryeok) (alt: 威力) (Korean), potestas [feminine] (Latin), potentia [feminine] (Latin), моќ (moḱ) [feminine] (Macedonian), poténcia [feminine] (Occitan), poder [masculine] (Occitan), afol (Old English), قوت (kuvvet) (Ottoman Turkish), مكنت (miknet) (Ottoman Turkish), Macht [feminine] (Plautdietsch), potęga [feminine] (Polish), moc [feminine] (Polish), potência [feminine] (Portuguese), мощь (moščʹ) [feminine] (Russian), могу́щество (mogúščestvo) [neuter] (Russian), micht (Scots), cumhachd [feminine, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), moč [feminine] (Slovene), mogota [feminine] (Slovene), potestad (Spanish), potencia (Spanish), poder (Spanish), makt [common-gender] (Swedish), maiyyo (Tocharian B), güç (Turkish), 𐎓𐎇 (ʿz) (Ugaritic), міць (micʹ) (Ukrainian), могу́тність (mohútnistʹ) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-might-en-noun-YcI133Aw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 10 4 3 32 32 5 2 3 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 1 11 3 2 33 33 4 2 3 6 Disambiguation of 'personal power': 78 18 3
  2. (uncountable) Physical strength or force. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: brawn, fortitude, pith Translations (physical strength): σθένος (sthénos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ἰσχύς (iskhús) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ῥώμη (rhṓmē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ուժ (už) (Armenian), güc (Azerbaijani), сила (sila) [feminine] (Bulgarian), síla [feminine] (Czech), kracht (Dutch), macht [feminine] (Dutch), pH:t*y-F9-F9 (pḥtj) (Egyptian), voima (Finnish), force (French), ძალა (ʒala) (Georgian), Kraft [feminine] (German), 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts) [feminine] (Gothic), erő (Hungarian), forza [feminine] (Italian), potentia [feminine] (Latin), vis (Latin), си́ла (síla) [feminine] (Macedonian), fòrça [feminine] (Occitan), poténcia [feminine] (Occitan), afol (Old English), قوت (kuvvet) (Ottoman Turkish), مكنت (miknet) (Ottoman Turkish), Macht [feminine] (Plautdietsch), siła [feminine] (Polish), força [feminine] (Portuguese), си́ла (síla) (Russian), moč [feminine] (Slovene), potencia (Spanish), fuerza (Spanish), vis (Spanish), kraft [common-gender] (Swedish), styrka [common-gender] (Swedish), maiyyo (Tocharian B), kuvvet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-might-en-noun-UA04pQbu Disambiguation of 'physical strength': 36 49 15
  3. (uncountable) The ability to do something. Tags: uncountable Translations (ability): կարողություն (karoġutʿyun) (Armenian), qüvvət (Azerbaijani), способност (sposobnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), zdatnost [feminine] (Czech), vermogen (Dutch), kyky (Finnish), voima (Finnish), Macht [feminine] (German), Vermögen [neuter] (German), 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts) [feminine] (Gothic), erő (Hungarian), potestas [feminine] (Latin), potentia [feminine] (Latin), мо́жност (móžnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), poder [masculine] (Occitan), Macht [feminine] (Plautdietsch), zdolność [feminine] (Polish), возмо́жность (vozmóžnostʹ) (Russian), förmåga [common-gender] (Swedish), makt [common-gender] (Swedish), güç (Turkish), kuvvet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-might-en-noun-dzB5hFhY Disambiguation of 'ability': 9 8 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mite [informal, pronunciation-spelling] Derived forms: might and main, mighteous, mightful, mightiness, might is right, mightless, might makes right, mighty, unmight, with all one's might
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /maɪt/ Audio: en-us-might.ogg [US] Forms: might [present, singular, third-person], might [past]
enPR: mīt Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Old English meahte and mihte, inflections of magan, whence English may. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|meahte}} Old English meahte, {{m|ang|mihte}} mihte, {{m|ang|magan}} magan, {{m|en|may}} may Head templates: {{en-verb|might|-|might|-}} might (third-person singular simple present might, no present participle, simple past might, no past participle)
  1. (auxiliary) simple past of may Tags: auxiliary, form-of, no-past-participle, no-present-participle, past Form of: may
    Sense id: en-might-en-verb-pKWZvYNA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 10 4 3 32 32 5 2 3 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 1 11 3 2 33 33 4 2 3 6
  2. (auxiliary) simple past of may
    Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done.
    Tags: auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle
    Sense id: en-might-en-verb-Jqmn2Akr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 10 4 3 32 32 5 2 3 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 1 11 3 2 33 33 4 2 3 6
  3. (auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions. Tags: auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle Translations (indicator of conditional or possible actions): ἄν (án) [with-optative] (Ancient Greek), կարող է (karoġ ē) (Armenian), կարող են (karoġ en) (Armenian), zou kunnen (Dutch), saattaa (note: in the conditional mood) (Finnish), peut-être (French), könnte (German), könnten [plural] (German), עָלוּל ('alúl) [masculine] (Hebrew), יָכֹל (yachól) [masculine] (Hebrew), lehet (Hungarian), talán (Hungarian), esetleg (Hungarian), potere (Italian), かも知れない (ka mo shirenai) (Japanese), ប្រហែល (prɑɑhael) (Khmer), може (može) (Macedonian), można by (Polish), poder (Portuguese), talvez (Portuguese), putea (Romanian), micht (Scots), puede que (Spanish), kanske (Swedish), skulle kunna (Swedish), мо́же бу́ти (móže búty) (Ukrainian), có lẽ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-might-en-verb-719w6RQd Disambiguation of 'indicator of conditional or possible actions': 8 8 72 3 4 5
  4. (auxiliary) Used to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement. Tags: auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle
    Sense id: en-might-en-verb-Y6YyQrDM
  5. (auxiliary) Used in polite requests for permission. Tags: auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle
    Sense id: en-might-en-verb-lu6EMq-x
  6. (auxiliary, UK, meiosis) Used to express certainty. Tags: UK, auxiliary, no-past-participle, no-present-participle
    Sense id: en-might-en-verb-1hX4BLOv Categories (other): British English, English meioses
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mite [informal, pronunciation-spelling], mought (english: obsolete outside US dialects), mout [US, pronunciation-spelling, regional] Related terms: could

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "might is right"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "might makes right"
    },
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      "word": "mighty"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*maganą"
      },
      "expansion": "*maganą",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*-þiz"
      },
      "expansion": "*-þiz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "may"
      },
      "expansion": "may",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-th",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -th",
      "name": "suf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "micht"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots micht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "maucht",
        "3": "",
        "4": "might"
      },
      "expansion": "maucht (“might”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "macht",
        "3": "",
        "4": "might, ability"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian macht (“might, ability”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "macht",
        "3": "",
        "4": "might, ability"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian macht (“might, ability”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "macht",
        "3": "",
        "4": "might, power"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch macht (“might, power”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Macht",
        "3": "",
        "4": "power, might"
      },
      "expansion": "German Macht (“power, might”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "makt",
        "3": "",
        "4": "might"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish makt (“might”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "makt",
        "3": "",
        "4": "power"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian makt (“power”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "máttur",
        "3": "",
        "4": "might"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic máttur (“might”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "мочь",
        "3": "",
        "4": "power, might"
      },
      "expansion": "Russian мочь (močʹ, “power, might”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ru",
        "2": "мощь",
        "3": "",
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            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "moč"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 49 15",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "physical strength",
          "word": "potencia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 49 15",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "physical strength",
          "word": "fuerza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 49 15",
          "code": "es",
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          "word": "vis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 49 15",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "physical strength",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kraft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 49 15",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "physical strength",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "styrka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 49 15",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
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          "word": "maiyyo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "36 49 15",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "physical strength",
          "word": "kuvvet"
        }
      ]
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        "The ability to do something."
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        "uncountable"
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          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
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          "word": "qüvvət"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
          "code": "bg",
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          "sense": "ability",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
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          "sense": "ability",
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          "word": "vermogen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
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          "word": "voima"
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          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
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          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
          "code": "got",
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          "roman": "mahts",
          "sense": "ability",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
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          "sense": "ability",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ability",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "word": "förmåga"
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        {
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          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
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        {
          "_dis1": "9 8 83",
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "form": "mighter",
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        "(obsolete) Possible."
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}

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "word": "might should"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "form": "might",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "might",
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          "_dis": "2 1 10 4 3 32 32 5 2 3 7",
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          "ref": "1922, James Frazer, chapter 60, in The Golden Bough",
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          "ref": "2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-08-05",
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          "word": "peut-être"
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          "word": "ប្រហែល"
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          "word": "poder"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English myght, might (also maught, macht, maht), from Old English miht, mieht, meaht, mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *mógʰtis, *megʰ- (“to allow, be able, help”), corresponding to Germanic *maganą + *-þiz. Equivalent to may + -th.\nCognate with Scots micht, maucht (“might”), North Frisian macht (“might, ability”), West Frisian macht (“might, ability”), Dutch macht (“might, power”), German Macht (“power, might”), Swedish makt (“might”), Norwegian makt (“power”), Icelandic máttur (“might”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 (mahts), and further to Russian мочь (močʹ, “power, might”) and мощь (moščʹ, “force, strength”), Ukrainian міч (mič) and міць (micʹ, “power”), Bulgarian мощ (mošt, “power, might”), Serbo-Croatian moć (“power”), Czech moc (“power”), Polish moc (“power”). See more at may.",
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    {
      "form": "mights",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1965 March 15, Lyndon B. Johnson, 43:30 from the start, in Special Message to the Congress: The American Promise [on the Voting Rights Act], 3/15/65. MP506., Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum",
          "text": "This is the richest, the most powerful country which ever occupied this globe. The might of past empires is little compared to ours. But I do not want to be the president who built empires or sought grandeur or extended dominion. I want to be the president who educated young children to the wonders of their world.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1969, [unattributed], Journal of the United Service Institution of India, volume 99, page 115",
          "text": "Since every nation considers itself right, peace lies in balancing the military mights of the possible rivals.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group."
      ],
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        [
          "Power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "strength",
          "strength"
        ],
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "influence",
          "influence"
        ],
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ]
      ],
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        "(countable, uncountable) Power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "authority"
        },
        {
          "word": "potency"
        },
        {
          "word": "power"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He pushed with all his might, but still it would not move.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Physical strength or force."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Physical",
          "physical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) Physical strength or force."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brawn"
        },
        {
          "word": "fortitude"
        },
        {
          "word": "pith"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The ability to do something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ability",
          "ability"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) The ability to do something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/maɪt/"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "mite"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪt"
    },
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      "audio": "en-us-might.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/En-us-might.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "mīt"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ],
      "word": "mite"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "quwwa",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "قُوَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "zorutʿyun",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "զորություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hzorutʿyun",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "հզորություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "qüdrət"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mošt",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мощ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mogǎštestvo",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "могъщество"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moc"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macht"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "wsrw",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "wsr-s-r-w-A24-Z2"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "mahti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "voima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pouvoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "puissance"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "siʒliere",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "სიძლიერე"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Macht"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "mahts",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "krátos",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κράτος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "dúnamis",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "δύναμις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "hatalom"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "potere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "威力",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "wiryeok",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "위력"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potestas"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "moḱ",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "моќ"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poténcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poder"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "afol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kuvvet",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "قوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "miknet",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "مكنت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Macht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potęga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moc"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "moščʹ",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мощь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mogúščestvo",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "могу́щество"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "micht"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cumhachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moč"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mogota"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "potestad"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "potencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "poder"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "makt"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "maiyyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "güç"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "ʿz",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "𐎓𐎇"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "micʹ",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "міць"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mohútnistʹ",
      "sense": "personal power",
      "word": "могу́тність"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "už",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "ուժ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "güc"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sila",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "сила"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "síla"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "kracht"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "macht"
    },
    {
      "code": "egy",
      "lang": "Egyptian",
      "roman": "pḥtj",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "pH:t*y-F9-F9"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "voima"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "force"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ʒala",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "ძალა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kraft"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "mahts",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sthénos",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σθένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "iskhús",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἰσχύς"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "rhṓmē",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ῥώμη"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "erő"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "forza"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "vis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "síla",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "си́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fòrça"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poténcia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "afol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kuvvet",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "قوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "miknet",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "مكنت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Macht"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siła"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "força"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "síla",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "си́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moč"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "potencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "fuerza"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "vis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kraft"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "styrka"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "maiyyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "physical strength",
      "word": "kuvvet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "karoġutʿyun",
      "sense": "ability",
      "word": "կարողություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ability",
      "word": "qüvvət"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sposobnost",
      "sense": "ability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "способност"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zdatnost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ability",
      "word": "vermogen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability",
      "word": "kyky"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ability",
      "word": "voima"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Macht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ability",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vermögen"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "mahts",
      "sense": "ability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌼𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ability",
      "word": "erő"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potestas"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "potentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "móžnost",
      "sense": "ability",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "(obsolete) Possible."
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      "word": "might-be"
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      "word": "might can"
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      "word": "might could"
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      "word": "might-have-been"
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      "word": "might should"
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      "word": "monkeys might fly out of my butt"
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      "word": "pigs might fly"
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      "word": "so crazy it just might work"
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      "word": "try as one might"
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          "ref": "2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2019-08-05",
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          "ref": "2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36",
          "text": "It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next;[…].",
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        {
          "ref": "2016, Candy Sloan, Wrong Bed Reunion",
          "text": "I might play football, but I do know how to read.",
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        "(auxiliary) Used to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement."
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        "Used in polite requests for permission."
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        "(auxiliary) Used in polite requests for permission."
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    {
      "categories": [
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        "Used to express certainty."
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        "(auxiliary, UK, meiosis) Used to express certainty."
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "pronunciation-spelling",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "mout"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "pronunciation-spelling"
      ],
      "word": "mite"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "karoġ ē",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "կարող է"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "karoġ en",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "կարող են"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "zou kunnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "in the conditional mood",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "saattaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "peut-être"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "könnte"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "könnten"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "án",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "tags": [
        "with-optative"
      ],
      "word": "ἄν"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'alúl",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "עָלוּל"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yachól",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "יָכֹל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "lehet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "talán"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "esetleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "potere"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ka mo shirenai",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "かも知れない"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "prɑɑhael",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "ប្រហែល"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "može",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "може"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "można by"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "poder"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "talvez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "putea"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "micht"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "puede que"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "kanske"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "skulle kunna"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "móže búty",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "мо́же бу́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "indicator of conditional or possible actions",
      "word": "có lẽ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "might"
  ],
  "word": "might"
}

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