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maybe

maybe

adverb

Sử dụng:

90%

Tương ứng: perhaps, possibly

Phát âm: /ˈmeɪ.bi/

Ý nghĩa: Used to express possibility or uncertainty about something.

Maybe is a word we use when we are not sure about something. It means something could happen or could be true. It is a common word to talk about uncertain ideas.

Maybe it will rain today.

Maybe she is at home now.

Daily Life Communication

Nhãn:

Từ Tương Tự:

perhaps possibly might could

adverb

Sử dụng:

75%

Tương ứng: maybe (polite), not sure

Phát âm: /ˈmeɪ.bi/

Ý nghĩa: Used as a polite or less certain way to say yes or no in conversation.

Maybe can be used to answer a question when you are not fully sure or want to be polite. It shows you do not give a direct yes or no.

Do you want tea? Maybe later.

Maybe I can help you tomorrow.

Conversation Social Interaction

Nhãn:

polite uncertainty conversation soft answer hesitation

Từ Tương Tự:

perhaps possibly unsure doubt

adverb

Sử dụng:

80%

Tương ứng: perhaps, might be

Phát âm: /ˈmeɪ.bi/

Ý nghĩa: Used to introduce a suggestion or idea that is not certain.

We use maybe to offer a suggestion that is not sure yet. It shows you are thinking about an idea, but you do not decide yet.

Maybe we can watch a movie tonight.

Maybe he will come with us.

Daily Life Planning

Nhãn:

suggestion possibility uncertain adverb idea

Từ Tương Tự:

perhaps possibly consider could

adverb

Sử dụng:

65%

Tương ứng: possibly, uncertain

Phát âm: /ˈmeɪ.bi/

Ý nghĩa: Used to express doubt or hesitation about a past event or fact.

Maybe can show that we are not sure about something in the past. It means something might have happened, but we do not know for sure.

Maybe he forgot the meeting yesterday.

Maybe she did not see your message.

Time Communication

Nhãn:

uncertainty past doubt adverb possibility

Từ Tương Tự:

perhaps possibly unsure doubt

adverb

Sử dụng:

60%

Tương ứng: possibly, somewhat

Phát âm: /ˈmeɪ.bi/

Ý nghĩa: Used to soften statements to make them less direct or strong.

Maybe is used to make a sentence softer or less forceful. It makes the speaker’s opinion less direct and easier for others to hear.

Maybe that is not the best idea.

Maybe you should try again.

Communication Pragmatics

Nhãn:

soften politeness adverb opinion hesitance

Từ Tương Tự:

perhaps possibly consider suggest

adverb

Sử dụng:

50%

Tương ứng: hypothetically, possibly

Phát âm: /ˈmeɪ.bi/

Ý nghĩa: Used rhetorically in expressions to suggest something unlikely or hypothetical.

Maybe is used to talk about ideas or situations that are not real but imagined. It is common in talking about future or impossible things.

Maybe if I had more time, I would travel.

Maybe we could live on Mars one day.

Hypothetical Futurism

Nhãn:

hypothetical future conditional adverb imagination

Từ Tương Tự:

possibly perhaps what if maybe

noun

Sử dụng:

15%

Tương ứng: uncertain person

Phát âm: /ˈmeɪ.bi/

Ý nghĩa: Used as a noun, informally, meaning a person who is uncertain or indecisive.

Informally, maybe can be used as a noun to describe someone who is unsure or cannot make decisions. This use is less common and mostly in spoken language.

He is such a maybe; he cannot decide.

Don't be a maybe about your future.

Personality Informal Speech

Nhãn:

informal noun indecision personality slang

Từ Tương Tự:

hesitant unsure indecisive doubtful

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