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  • 1As some day it may happen — Wikisource:The Mikado/As some day it may happen This page is a soft redirect. Categories: Wikipedia soft redirects …

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  • 2may — 1 modal verb negative short form mayn t old fashioned BrE 1 POSSIBILITY if something may happen or may be true, there is a possibility that it will happen or be true but this is not certain: I may be late so start without me. | Who knows what… …

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  • 3may — [[t]meɪ[/t]] ♦ (May is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb.) 1) MODAL (vagueness) You use may to indicate that something will possibly happen or be true in the future, but you cannot be certain. We may have some rain today...… …

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  • 4may — may1 W1S1 [meı] modal v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(possibility)¦ 2¦(possible to do something)¦ 3¦(allowed)¦ 4¦(in polite expressions)¦ 5¦(although )¦ 6 may as well 7 may somebody/something do something 8¦(purpose)¦ 9 be that as it may …

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  • 5may — I. verbal auxiliary (past might; present singular & plural may) Etymology: Middle English (1st & 3d singular present indicative), from Old English mæg; akin to Old High German mag (1st & 3d singular present indicative) have power, am able… …

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  • 6happen — vb Happen, chance, occur, befall, betide, transpire are comparable when they mean to come to pass or to come about. Happen is the ordinary and general term and may imply either obvious causation or seeming accident, either design or an absence of …

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  • 7happen — UK US /ˈhæpən/ verb [I] ► to exist or begin to exist because of an action, situation, or event: » The one course of events no one anticipated was the one that happened: a long period of stagnation that threatened the assumptions of the European… …

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  • 8happen — [hap′ən] vi. [ME happenen: see HAP1 & EN] 1. to take place; occur; befall 2. to be or occur by chance or without plan [it happened to rain] 3. to have the luck or occasion; chance [I happened to see it] …

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  • 9happen overnight — ► to be done or come into existence suddenly: did not/may not/will not happen overnight »This crisis didn t happen overnight. Main Entry: ↑happen …

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  • 10May 2010 attacks on Ahmadi mosques in Lahore — May 2010 Lahore attacks Location Lahore, Pakistan Date 28 May 2010 14:00 …

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