May not

Definition

May /meÇ / n [U,C] ေမ။ ❏ May Day n [u,c] ေမလ၏ပထမဆံုးရက္။ (ယင္းရက္တြင္ ေႏြဦးေပါက္ရာသီပြဲေတာ္ က်င္းပသည္။ ) ေမေဒးေန႔။ ကမ႓ာ့ အလုပ္သမားေန႔။ Compare MAYDAY may 1 /meÇ / modal v ( neg may not ; rare short form mayn't /'meÇǝnt /; pt might /maÇt/; neg might not ; rare short form mightn't /'maÇtnt / ) ၁။ ( rather fml ) ႏိုင္သည္။ You may come if you wish. ❍ May I come in? ❍ That was a delicious meal if I may say so. ❍ Passengers may cross by the footbridge. ၂။ (က) ျဖစ္ႏိုင္သည္။ This coat may be Peter's. ❍ That may or may not be true. ❍ He may have (ie Perhaps he has) missed his train. ❍ This medicine may soothe your cough. ❍ You may disagree, but that's what I think. ❍ MIGHT 1 (ခ) ႏိုင္သည္။ Oxford may have changed a lot in recent years, but it's still a beautiful city. ၃။ ( fml ) ႏိုင္သည္။ I'll write today so that he may know when to expect us. ၄။ ႏိုင္ပါေစ။ May you both be very happy! ❍ Long may she live to enjoy her good fortune! may 2 /meÇ / n [U] Hawthorn ပင္၏အပြင့္။

Examples

1. There may be an easier way of solving the problem.
2. The injury may have caused brain damage.
3. I may not be able to play on Saturday.
4. You may be asked to show your passport.
5. Some fir trees may grow up to 60 feet high.
6. The bill may be paid by cheque or by credit card.
7. The total may be calculated by two different methods.
8. May we come in now?
9. May I use your phone?
10. Visitors may use the swimming pool between 5.30 and 7.30 pm.
11. You may take a short break now.
12. May I have a biscuit?
13. May I help?
14. May we offer you a glass of wine?
15. May I see your ticket
16. please?
17. [may I say/ask/suggest etc] : May I say a word of thanks to all those who helped today.
18. May I suggest a better idea?
19. [if I may] : Let me
20. if I may
21. introduce you to my manager
22. Jim Doyle.
23. The dried fruit may be used through the winter.
24. May peace and prosperity return to this troubled land!