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MIGHT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Physical strength
Synonyms:
might; mightiness; power
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("might" is a kind of...):
strength (the property of being physically or mentally strong)
Derivation:
mighty (having or showing great strength or force or intensity)
Context examples:
The new moon of March 24 will bring the spotlight to your partner, who might be your spouse or steady date.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
I asked Aunt Reed once, and she said possibly I might have some poor, low relations called Eyre, but she knew nothing about them.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
However, ULX-4 might not be a one-off event.
(NASA Satellite Spots a Mystery That's Gone in a Flash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
At these moments I wept bitterly and wished that peace would revisit my mind only that I might afford them consolation and happiness.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
You might see Earth’s reflected light in the dim glow.
(Earthshine, NASA)
They might do as they pleased amongst themselves.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
“You seem pretty sure of him,” said he; “and for your sake, I hope you may be right. If it came to a trial, your name might appear.”
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
I soon found out that Mrs. Gummidge did not always make herself so agreeable as she might have been expected to do, under the circumstances of her residence with Mr. Peggotty.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The scientists estimated that roughly 150 million people might be at risk of protein or zinc deficiency by 2050.
(Planet-Warming Gases Make Some Food Less Nutritious, Study Says, Steve Baragona/VOA)
It instantly flashed across my mind that the box might have been meant for one of these.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
