might in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for might in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

might1 <nég might not, mightn't> [Brit mʌɪt, Am maɪt] VB mod prét de may

1. might (indicating possibility):

she might be right
they might not go
you might find that
you might have guessed that
I might (well) lose my job
try as I might, I can't do it

See also well2, well1, may2, may1

I.well2 [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] N

well → well up

I.well1 <comp better; superl best> [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] ADJ

2. well (in satisfactory state, condition):

II.well1 <comp better; superl best> [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] ADV

1. well (satisfactorily):

2. well (used with modal verbs):

I might well go there
it may well be that + subj

3. well (intensifier):

III.well1 [Brit wɛl, Am wɛl] INTERJ

may2 [Brit meɪ, Am meɪ] N (hawthorn)

may1 [Brit meɪ, Am meɪ] VB mod

might2 [Brit mʌɪt, Am maɪt] N

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Translations for might in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

might pt of may

See also may

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Women past puberty wore a small skirt of cotton, and the men might wear a loincloth made of plaited leaves or cotton.
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For example, human organs might be privatized (owned by their bearer) but very rarely would they be considered alienable.
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A culture gap occurs when incompatible or opposing systems might be applied to the same situation or assumed by the parties.
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A perpetual usufruct is thus forbidden and perpetual might mean a long, but finite period, such as 99 years.
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It might be slightly slower-paced than its horseback equivalent, but there's nothing sedate about these polo pachyderms.
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The variable costs for this project might include data centre power usage, etc.
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Insofar as the new abstract painters employ old tropes and methods with a certain insouciant abandon, one might call them the new casualists.
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On a cloudless blue-sky day you might even think that you were on holiday!
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Such behavior might be excusable for an individual in a hurry, but it's no way to run a culture.
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Yet without that blue checkmark, many still-valid accounts of high-profile and high-follower accounts are left looking like they might be fake.
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