Might-be

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
That which might be or happen; a possibility.
"In the Biology Teachers'" Handbook (Wiley, 1963), Schwab writes: A hypothesis is a "might be", a possibility which we intend to test . . . one of the values of a hypothesis consists in the fact that it can be made to point like an arrow [...]"

Adjective

1
That might be or occur; possible; potential; hypothetical. not-comparable
""There is a might-be particle called a 'magnetic monopole' that was suggested by certain theories of Dirac and others but had never been observed."

Example

""There is a might-be particle called a 'magnetic monopole' that was suggested by certain theories of Dirac and others but had never been observed."

Etymology

From might + be. Compare might-have-been, would-be.

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