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might
English
Alternative forms
- mite (eye dialect, informal)
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?t, IPA(key): /ma?t/
- Homophone: mite
- Rhymes: -a?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English myght, might (also maught, macht, maht), from Old English miht, mieht, meaht, mæht (“might, bodily strength, power, authority, ability, virtue, mighty work, miracle, angel”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahti, from Proto-Germanic *mahtiz, *mahtuz (“might, power”), from Proto-Indo-European *móg?tis, *meg?- (“to allow, be able, help”), corresponding to Germanic *magan? + *-þiz.
Cognate with Scots micht, maucht (“might”), North Frisian macht (“might, ability”), West Frisian macht (“might, ability”), Dutch macht (“might, power”), German Macht (“power, might”), Swedish makt (“might”), Norwegian makt (“power”), Icelandic máttur (“might”), Gothic ???????????????????? (mahts). Related to may.
Noun
might (countable and uncountable, plural mights)
- (countable, uncountable) Power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group.
- 1969, {unattributed}, Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 99
- "Since every nation considers itself right, peace lies in balancing the military mights of the possible rivals."
- 1969, {unattributed}, Journal of the United Service Institution of India, Volume 99
- (uncountable) Physical strength or force.
- He pushed with all his might, but still it would not move.
- (uncountable) The ability to do something.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
might (comparative mighter, superlative mightest)
- (obsolete) Mighty; powerful.
- (obsolete) Possible.
Etymology 2
From Old English meahte and mihte, from magan, whence English may.
Verb
might (third-person singular simple present might, no present participle, simple past might, no past participle)
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions.
- 1608, Joseph Hall, Characters of Virtues and Vices
- The characterism of an honest man: He looks not to what he might do, but what he should.
- “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.
- 1608, Joseph Hall, Characters of Virtues and Vices
- (auxiliary) simple past tense of may Used to indicate permission in past tense.
- 1922, James Frazer, The Golden Bough, Chapter 60:
- 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, The Golden Bough, Chapter 60:
- (auxiliary) simple past tense of may Used to indicate possibility in past tense.
- Used to indicate a desired past action that was not done.
- (auxiliary) Even though.
- (auxiliary) Used in polite requests for permission
Usage notes
For many speakers, the use as the past tense of the auxiliary may, indicating permission, is obsolete: I told him he might not see her will only be interpreted as "I told him he would possibly not see her," and not as "I told him he was not allowed to see her." For the latter case, "could not" or "was/were not allowed to," "was/were forbidden to," etc., will be used instead.
Conjugation
- archaic second-person singular simple past - mightest
- nonstandard, archaic third-person singular simple past - mighteth
Alternative forms
- mought (obsolete outside US dialects)
- mout (US regional pronunciation spelling)
Translations
See also
- could
- Appendix:English modal verbs
- Appendix:English tag questions
References
- might at OneLook Dictionary Search
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ight
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English iht, ei?t, e?te, æihte, from Old English ?ht (“possessions, property, riches”), from Proto-Germanic *aihtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *?yk- (“to have, own, be able to”).
Noun
ight (uncountable)
- (obsolete) possession
Alternative forms
- eight, aught
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Contraction
ight
- (slang) Alternative form of aight
References
- “Ight” listed on page 30 of volume V (H–K), § ii (I) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1901]
??Ight, var. eighte, Aught sb.¹?Obs., possession.?[¶]?1390 Gower Conf. II. 378 This Priamus had in his ight [MS. Fairfax 3 yhte] A wife and Hecuba she hight. - “ight” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
Anagrams
- ghit, gith, thig, tigh
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