maybes
SayMAY-beez/ˈmeɪ.biz/
- 1Plural of maybe.
The committee gave us a string of maybes instead of a clear decision.
I'm tired of all these maybes; tell me yes or no.
Note
A plural that only the noun can have. The adverb meaning "perhaps" never inflects, but once it becomes a noun it counts like any other: a possibility, a noncommittal answer, or an event that may or may not come. The ending is a plain -s added to the unchanged word. All of these noun uses are informal, so a string of maybes suits conversation better than formal writing.
maybes is a form of maybe
maybe, noun: An answer of 'maybe', referred to or counted as a thing; a reply that neither agrees nor disagrees, as in 'two yeses and three maybes'. Full entry
- Forms
- maybemaybes plural
- Spelling
- maybe → maybes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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