might
/maɪt/ verb C2- Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done. · You might have warned me about the thunderstorm.
- Used to indicate conditional or possible actions; would perhaps/maybe. · Well, I might go to the party on Sunday, but I haven't decided yet.
- Used concessively to admit something before making a more accurate or important statement; although · I might be in a wheelchair, but I still want to be treated as a lady.
He/she/it might · Past might
Verb forms
- Base form
- might
- He/she/it
- might
- Past
- might
- Past participle
- mighted
- -ing form
- mighting
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
From the library
Morrel; and so, you see, lest he might do you an injury——”
Come, come,” continued he, patting Edmond’s shoulder kindly, “you did very right, Dantès, to follow Captain Leclere’s instructions, and touch at Elba, although if it were known that you had conveyed a packet to the marshal, and had conversed with the emperor, it might bring you into trouble.”
“That I might the sooner see you again, my dear father,” replied the young man.
“If your master would marry, you might see more of him.”
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