might-be

adj

Etymology

From might + be. Compare might-have-been, would-be.

  1. derived from *h₁ésti
  2. inherited from wesan
  3. derived from *h₂wes-
  4. inherited from *wesaną
  5. inherited from *wesan
  6. inherited from ġebēon
  7. inherited from been — “to be
  8. inherited from *bʰuHyéti
  9. inherited from *beuną
  10. inherited from bēon
  11. inherited from been
  12. compounded as might-be — “might + be

Definitions

  1. That might be or occur

    That might be or occur; possible; potential; hypothetical.

    • "There is a might-be particle called a 'magnetic monopole' that was suggested by certain theories of Dirac and others but had never been observed.
  2. That which might be or happen

    That which might be or happen; a possibility.

    • It is a might be, a mere possibility from the tossing ocean of pure chance.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for might-be. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA