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"type": "example"
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"text": "There was a perhaps credible witness.",
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{
"text": "He was seriously wounded, perhaps fatally.",
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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": "c. 1850, “Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl”",
"text": "[…] will live until he dies perhaps, and then lie down in clover.",
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"(dated) By chance."
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{
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"word": "belike"
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{
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{
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{
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ndoshta"
},
{
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"roman": "rubbamā",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "رُبَّمَا"
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{
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "مِن اَلْمُمْكِن"
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "لَعَلَّ"
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"code": "apc",
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"roman": "balki",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
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"roman": "biʒu:z",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
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"North-Levantine-Arabic"
],
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{
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"code": "apc",
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"roman": "mumken",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
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"North-Levantine-Arabic"
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{
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
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"North-Levantine-Arabic"
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"word": "احتمال"
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"roman": "migucʿe",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "միգուցե"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "bəlkə"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ba",
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"roman": "bəlki",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "бәлки"
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мөмкин"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "ixtimal",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ихтимал"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "beherbada"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "móža bycʹ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мо́жа быць"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mahčýma",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "магчы́ма"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"roman": "móža",
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"word": "мо́жа"
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "mábycʹ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ма́быць"
},
{
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"code": "be",
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"roman": "mo",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "мо"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "tibaad"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "marteze"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "móže bi",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мо́же би"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "potser"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "tal vegada"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "possiblement"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "aseyigi",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ᎠᏎᏱᎩ"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "asedv",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ᎠᏎᏛ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "也許"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yěxǔ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "也许"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "或許"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huòxǔ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "或许"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huòshì",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "或是"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kěnéng",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "可能"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "cop",
"lang": "Coptic",
"roman": "arēu",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ⲁⲣⲏⲩ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "možná"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "snad"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "måske"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "misschien"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "wellicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "eble"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ehk"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "järsku"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "vahest"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "võib-olla"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "võibolla"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "äkki"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kanska"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ehkä"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mahdollisesti"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kenties"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "peut-être"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "possiblement"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "se cadra"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "tal vez"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "quizais"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "cecais"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "quizaves"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "seica"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "roa-gal",
"lang": "Gallo",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ventieil'"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šesaʒloa",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "შესაძლოა"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "egeb",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ეგებ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ikneb",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "იქნებ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "vielleicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "wohl"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ísos",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ίσως"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mállon",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "μάλλον"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "endechoménos",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ενδεχομένως"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mípos",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "μήπως"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ísōs",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ἴσως"
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{
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"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "kadāc",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "કદાચ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "yiwu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "iya"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "paha"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "malia"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ulái",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "אוּלַי"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śāyad",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "शायद"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kadācit",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "कदाचित्"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "talán"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kannski"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mungkin"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "barangkali"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mungkin saja"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "iu",
"lang": "Inuktitut",
"roman": "immaqaa",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ᐃᒻᒪᖄ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "b'fhéidir"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ist",
"lang": "Istriot",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "fuorsi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "たぶん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tabun",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "多分"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"alt": "もしや",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "moshiya",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "若しや"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...kamo shirenai",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "…かもしれない"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "deshō",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "…でしょう"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "osoraku",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "恐らく"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "moshikasite",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "もしかして"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hyottoshite",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ひょっとして"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "mümkın",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мүмкін"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "prɑɑhael",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ប្រហែល"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ama",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "아마"
},
{
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"lang": "Korean",
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "아마도"
},
{
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eojjeomyeon",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "어쩌면"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bellkû",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "بەڵکوو"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "beşkum",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "بەشکوم"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "بەشکوو"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"roman": "renge",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ڕەنگە"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "belkî"
},
{
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"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "balkim",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "балким"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "mümkün",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мүмкүн"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"roman": "bāng thī",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ບາງທີ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "fortasse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsitan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "fors"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "la",
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsit"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "fortassis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "varbūt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "galbūt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "liv",
"lang": "Livonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "agā"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ʔəx̌id kʷa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ʔəx̌id la"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "možebi",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "можеби"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "barangkali"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "orupakṣē",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ഒരുപക്ഷേ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "used before a phrase",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "āwhai"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "mi",
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"note": "used after a phrase",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "pea"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ētia"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "talbeç"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "magadgüj",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "amɓesee"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "p'tête"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kanskje"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kan hende"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "må hende"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "muligens"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "muligvis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kanskje"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kan henda"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "må henda"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mogelegvis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "benlèu"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "bensai"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "maagizhaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "weald þēah"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "nǫkkut"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "léttliga"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "má"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"roman": "šāyád",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "شايد"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šâyad",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "شاید"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
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],
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},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "veleicht"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "może"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "bodaj"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "talvez"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ichá"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "poate"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "posibil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozmóžno",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "возмо́жно"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "móžet bytʹ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мо́жет быть"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "navérnoje",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "наве́рное"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "syāt",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "स्यात्"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "aiblins"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "'s dòcha"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "'s mathaid"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "dh'fhaoidte"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "мо̀жда"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "мо̏гӯће"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "mòžda"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "mȍgūće"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsi"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "fraci"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "možno"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "snáď"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "môžbyť"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mordà"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mogóče"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "acaso"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "quizá"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "quizás"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "tal vez"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "huenda"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "pingine"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kanske"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "möjligen"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "tg",
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "шояд"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "tg",
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"word": "мумкин"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ehtimol",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "эҳтимол"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "tly",
"lang": "Talysh",
"roman": "šâyad",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
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"word": "شاید"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "twf",
"lang": "Taos",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "yúhi"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "bälki",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "бәлки"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "mömkin",
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"word": "мөмкин"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "ixtimal",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ихтимал"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "th",
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"roman": "mâi-nɛ̂ɛ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ไม่แน่"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "baang-tii",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "บางที"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "belki"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "belki"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "mndʿ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "𐎎𐎐𐎄𐎓"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "mábutʹ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ма́буть"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "móže búty",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мо́же бу́ти"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "možlývo",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "можли́во"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "uk",
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"tags": [
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pévno",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "пе́вно"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "śāyad",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "شاید"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ġāliban",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "غالباً"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"roman": "belki",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "بەلكى"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "مۇمكىن"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "balki"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ehtimol"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "có lẽ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "có thể"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ba"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "efallai"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0",
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"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "efsher",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "אפֿשר"
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"ref": "2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36",
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{
"word": "belike"
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{
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{
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{
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{
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{
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ndoshta"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "rubbamā",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "رُبَّمَا"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "min al-mumkin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "مِن اَلْمُمْكِن"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "laʕalla",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "لَعَلَّ"
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{
"code": "apc",
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{
"code": "apc",
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{
"code": "apc",
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{
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"code": "apc",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"North-Levantine-Arabic"
],
"word": "احتمال"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "migucʿe",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "միգուցե"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "bəlkə"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "bəlki",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "бәлки"
},
{
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мөмкин"
},
{
"code": "ba",
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"roman": "ixtimal",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ихтимал"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "beherbada"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "móža bycʹ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мо́жа быць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mahčýma",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "магчы́ма"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
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"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мо́жа"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mábycʹ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ма́быць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mo",
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{
"code": "bcl",
"lang": "Bikol Central",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "tibaad"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "marteze"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "móže bi",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мо́же би"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "potser"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "tal vegada"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "possiblement"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "aseyigi",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ᎠᏎᏱᎩ"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "asedv",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ᎠᏎᏛ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "也許"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yěxǔ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "也许"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "或許"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huòxǔ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "或许"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huòshì",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "或是"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kěnéng",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "可能"
},
{
"code": "cop",
"lang": "Coptic",
"roman": "arēu",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ⲁⲣⲏⲩ"
},
{
"code": "co",
"lang": "Corsican",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forse"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "možná"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "snad"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "måske"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "misschien"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "wellicht"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "eble"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ehk"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "järsku"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "vahest"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "võib-olla"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "võibolla"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "äkki"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kanska"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ehkä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mahdollisesti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kenties"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "peut-être"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "possiblement"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsit"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "se cadra"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "tal vez"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "quizais"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "cecais"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "quizaves"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "seica"
},
{
"code": "roa-gal",
"lang": "Gallo",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ventieil'"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šesaʒloa",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "შესაძლოა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "egeb",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ეგებ"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ikneb",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "იქნებ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "vielleicht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "wohl"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ísos",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ίσως"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mállon",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "μάλλον"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "endechoménos",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ενδεχομένως"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mípos",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "μήπως"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ísōs",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ἴσως"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"roman": "kadāc",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "કદાચ"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "yiwu"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "iya"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "paha"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "malia"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ulái",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "אוּלַי"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śāyad",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "शायद"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "kadācit",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "कदाचित्"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "talán"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kannski"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mungkin"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "barangkali"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mungkin saja"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsan"
},
{
"code": "iu",
"lang": "Inuktitut",
"roman": "immaqaa",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ᐃᒻᒪᖄ"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "b'fhéidir"
},
{
"code": "ist",
"lang": "Istriot",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "fuorsi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forse"
},
{
"alt": "たぶん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tabun",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "多分"
},
{
"alt": "もしや",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "moshiya",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "若しや"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "...kamo shirenai",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "…かもしれない"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "deshō",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "…でしょう"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "osoraku",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "恐らく"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "moshikasite",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "もしかして"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hyottoshite",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ひょっとして"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "mümkın",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мүмкін"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "prɑɑhael",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ប្រហែល"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ama",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "아마"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "amado",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "아마도"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "eojjeomyeon",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "어쩌면"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "bellkû",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "بەڵکوو"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "beşkum",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "بەشکوم"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "beşkû",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "بەشکوو"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "renge",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ڕەنگە"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "belkî"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "balkim",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "балким"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "mümkün",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мүмкүн"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "bāng thī",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ບາງທີ"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "fortasse"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsitan"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "fors"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsit"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forte"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsan"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "fortassis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "varbūt"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "galbūt"
},
{
"code": "liv",
"lang": "Livonian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "agā"
},
{
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ʔəx̌id kʷa"
},
{
"code": "lut",
"lang": "Lushootseed",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ʔəx̌id la"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "možebi",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "можеби"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "barangkali"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "orupakṣē",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ഒരുപക്ഷേ"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "used before a phrase",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "āwhai"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "used after a phrase",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "pea"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ētia"
},
{
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "talbeç"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "magadgüj",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "магадгүй"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "amɓesee"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"Guernsey"
],
"word": "p'tête"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kanskje"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kan hende"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "må hende"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "muligens"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "muligvis"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kanskje"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kan henda"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "må henda"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mogelegvis"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "benlèu"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "bensai"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "maagizhaa"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "weald þēah"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "nǫkkut"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "léttliga"
},
{
"code": "non",
"lang": "Old Norse",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "má"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "šāyád",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "شايد"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "šâyad",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "شاید"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "gâs",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "گاس"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "veleicht"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "może"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "bodaj"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "talvez"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ichá"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "poate"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "posibil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozmóžno",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "возмо́жно"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "móžet bytʹ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мо́жет быть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "móžet",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "мо́жет"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "navérnoje",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "наве́рное"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "syāt",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "स्यात्"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "aiblins"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "'s dòcha"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "'s mathaid"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "dh'fhaoidte"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "мо̀жда"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "мо̏гӯће"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "mòžda"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "mȍgūće"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "forsi"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "fraci"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "možno"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "snáď"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "môžbyť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mordà"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "mogóče"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "acaso"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "quizá"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "quizás"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "tal vez"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "huenda"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "pingine"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "kanske"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "expressing doubts",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "möjligen"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "šoyad",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "шояд"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мумкин"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "ehtimol",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "эҳтимол"
},
{
"code": "tly",
"lang": "Talysh",
"roman": "šâyad",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"Asalemi"
],
"word": "شاید"
},
{
"code": "twf",
"lang": "Taos",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "yúhi"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "bälki",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "бәлки"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "mömkin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мөмкин"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "ixtimal",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ихтимал"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "mâi-nɛ̂ɛ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ไม่แน่"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "baang-tii",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "บางที"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "belki"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "belki"
},
{
"code": "uga",
"lang": "Ugaritic",
"roman": "mndʿ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "𐎎𐎐𐎄𐎓"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "mábutʹ",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ма́буть"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "móže búty",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "мо́же бу́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "možlývo",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "можли́во"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "móže",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "мо́же"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pévno",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "пе́вно"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "śāyad",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "شاید"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "ġāliban",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "غالباً"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "belki",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "بەلكى"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "مۇمكىن"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "balki"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ehtimol"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "có lẽ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "có thể"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "ba"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "efallai"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "efsher",
"sense": "indicating a lack of certainty",
"word": "אפֿשר"
}
],
"word": "perhaps"
}
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"2": "enm",
"3": "perhappes"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "perhappous"
},
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"name": "m"
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"t": "perhaps, possibly"
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"name": "m"
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"4": "-s",
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"name": "af"
}
],
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"tags": [
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}
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"ref": "1870, The Missionary Herald, volumes 66-67, page 167",
"text": "I cannot conceive what atheism, or skepticism, or positivism could do for me now, with their negations, and endless and contradictory perhapses, and perhapses, and perhapses.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"An uncertainty."
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"links": [
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"ipa": "/pəˈhæps/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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"tags": [
"General-American"
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"tags": [
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"Received-Pronunciation",
"colloquial",
"uncommon"
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/En-us-perhaps.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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"tags": [
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{
"word": "perhap"
}
],
"word": "perhaps"
}
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