Collocations for "maybe"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "maybe" in context.
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ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv- maybe you're right
- maybe it's better this way
- maybe I will [go, try, stop]
- maybe you [can, could, should]
- thought maybe you might [like, want]
- is maybe the [best, worst]
- maybe even [more, faster, bigger]
- well, maybe just one
- maybe (sometime) in the future
- not now, but maybe later
- not now, and maybe never
- maybe in a few [days, hours, weeks]
- then again, maybe not
- maybe, maybe not
- maybe not, but
- maybe so, but
- maybe I will, maybe I won't
- maybe if you [tell, ask, say]
- except for maybe [that, this]
'maybe' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
…so sorry to make you feel sick. Maybe you can avoid talking - English Only forum
“If it was something I felt righteous about, maybe..." - English Only forum
“Maybe she fell in.” - English Only forum
“Maybe then the future…” - English Only forum
(Maybe not/ May not be) - English Only forum
A pun on words maybe? - English Only forum
A question with 'Maybe' - English Only forum
After "maybe later" future/present - English Only forum
all on maybe $35,000 a year - English Only forum
Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know, - English Only forum
around the ways-or maybe not so great ways - English Only forum
baking bread to share once... Maybe throw on some.... - English Only forum
be likely to / may / maybe ~be going to - English Only forum
because of lack of interest maybe - English Only forum
"Being pounded to something"? Maybe I misheard the lyrics - English Only forum
Both were maybe... or Both maybe were.... - English Only forum
"But maybe he is one" - English Only forum
but...maybe / but... Maybe - English Only forum
Call me maybe - English Only forum
call the fields reached their vacuum state, except maybe one - English Only forum
Can I say perhaps maybe in a sentence? - English Only forum
Chunks of apple (and maybe orange) - English Only forum
colour adjectives (grading or not, maybe both !) - English Only forum
comma after 'maybe' [adverb, front position]: Maybe, they might have - English Only forum
diference between perhaps en maybe - English Only forum
even maybe/maybe even - English Only forum
except for, maybe, - English Only forum
feel empowered that they can maybe do something - English Only forum
GOAT of swimming and maybe beyond - English Only forum
got some savings maybe - English Only forum
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