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May

/meɪ/

Used to express permission, possibility, or a wish; more polite or formal than ‘can’

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It may rain today.May I have a cup of coffee?

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From Middle English mauen, mayen, from Old English magan, mæȝen (to be able, have power), from Proto-Germanic *maganą (to be able), from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (to be able, strong).

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