Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to might
Participle: mighted
Gerund: mighting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | might |
| you | might |
| he;she;it | mights |
| we | might |
| you | might |
| they | might |
Perfect
| I | have mighted |
| you | have mighted |
| he;she;it | has mighted |
| we | have mighted |
| you | have mighted |
| they | have mighted |
Past
| I | mighted |
| you | mighted |
| he;she;it | mighted |
| we | mighted |
| you | mighted |
| they | mighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had mighted |
| you | had mighted |
| he;she;it | had mighted |
| we | had mighted |
| you | had mighted |
| they | had mighted |
Future
| I | will might |
| you | will might |
| he;she;it | will might |
| we | will might |
| you | will might |
| they | will might |
Future Perfect
| I | will have mighted |
| you | will have mighted |
| he;she;it | will have mighted |
| we | will have mighted |
| you | will have mighted |
| they | will have mighted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | might |
| you | might |
| he;she;it | might |
| we | might |
| you | might |
| they | might |
Perfect
| I | have mighted |
| you | have mighted |
| he;she;it | have mighted |
| we | have mighted |
| you | have mighted |
| they | have mighted |
Imperfect
| I | mighted |
| you | mighted |
| he;she;it | mighted |
| we | mighted |
| you | mighted |
| they | mighted |
Pluperfect
| I | had mighted |
| you | had mighted |
| he;she;it | had mighted |
| we | had mighted |
| you | had mighted |
| they | had mighted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would might |
| you | would might |
| he;she;it | would might |
| we | would might |
| you | would might |
| they | would might |
Perfect
| I | would have mighted |
| you | would have mighted |
| he;she;it | would have mighted |
| we | would have mighted |
| you | would have mighted |
| they | would have mighted |
Imperative
| you | might |
| we | Let's might |
| you | might |
Verbs conjugated like 'might'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'might'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Old English meahte and mihte, inflections of magan, whence English may.
Verbs referencing "might"
Russian
помочь, Belarusan
магчы.
Sample Sentences
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He asked me if he might go to the party, but I haven't decided yet.
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I thought that I might go the next day.
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In those days, a Briton might be hanged for stealing an egg
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The king and queen of Tahiti might not touch the ground anywhere but within their hereditary domains; for the ground on which they trod became sacred. [1922, James Frazer, chapter 60, in The Golden Bough:]
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I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. [1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:]
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Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him. [1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:]
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With 14 minutes gone Héctor Moreno might have scored, glancing a header too close to Neuer from a free-kick. [2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:]
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You might have warned me about the thunderstorm.
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Well, I might go to a party, but I haven't decided yet.
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The characterism of an honest man: He looks not to what he might do, but what he should. [1608, Joseph Hall, Characters of Virtues and Vices:]
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“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache. [1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:]
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It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next;[…]. [2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:]
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I might be in a wheelchair, but I still want to be treated as a lady.
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I might play football, but I do know how to read. [2016, Candy Sloan, Wrong Bed Reunion:]
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"Might I take the last biscuit? I wonder if I might have a little more coffee too." "Yes you may, help yourself.".
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Yeah, I think we might need something a bit sturdier.