to may

Definition of to may in English English dictionary: A surname; A female given name, pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning; To be strong; to have power (over); Expressing a present possibility; possibly
He may be lying.; Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect)
May you stay forever young.; To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests
May I sit there?.; To gather may
In valleys green and still / Where lovers wander maying.; To be able; can
But many times we give way to passions we may resist and will not.; To be able to go
O weary night, O long and tedious night, / Abate thy houres, shine comforts from the East, / That I may backe to Athens by day-light .; The hawthorn bush or its blossoms; From rfc2119: 'This word, or the adjective "OPTIONAL", mean that an item is truly optional One vendor may choose to include the item because a particular marketplace requires it or because the vendor feels that it enhances the product while another vendor may omit the same item An implementation which does not include a particular option MUST be prepared to interoperate with another implementation which does include the option, though perhaps with reduced functionality In the same vein an implementation which does include a particular option MUST be prepared to interoperate with another implementation which does not include the option (except, of course, for the feature the option provides )'; emphasis You use may in expressions such as I may add and I may say in order to emphasize a statement that you are making. They spent their afternoons playing golf -- extremely badly, I may add -- around Loch Lomond Both of them, I may say, are thoroughly reliable men; be that as it may: see be may as well: see well. A peninsula of southern New Jersey between the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay. The southern tip forms Cape May Point. The blossoms of the hawthorn. the fifth month of the year, between April and June next/last May (mai, from Maius, from Maia Roman goddess). the white or pink flowers of the hawthorn. Alcott Louisa May Fifth of May May beetle Lessing Doris May Doris May Tayler May Day May Fourth Movement Gloria May Josephine Svensson; pet name for Mary and Margaret, reinforced by the month and plant meaning; The fifth month of the Gregorian calendar, following April and preceding June; You use may when you are mentioning the reaction or attitude that you think someone is likely to have to something you are about to say. You know, Brian, whatever you may think, I work hard for a living; The hawthorn or its blossoms (as it blooms in May); You use may when you are giving permission to someone to do something, or when asking for permission. Mr Hobbs? May we come in? If you wish, you may now have a glass of milk = can; If you do something so that a particular thing may happen, you do it so that there is an opportunity for that thing to happen. the need for an increase in the numbers of surgeons so that patients may be treated as soon as possible = can; politeness You use may when you are making polite requests. I'd like the use of your living room, if I may May I come with you to Southampton? = can; People sometimes use may to express hopes and wishes. Courage seems now to have deserted him. May it quickly reappear; {n} the 5th month, the gay part of life, youth; {v} auxiliary verb, to go a maying; You use may in statements where you are accepting the truth of a situation, but contrasting it with something that is more important. I may be almost 50, but there's not a lot of things I've forgotten; You use may to indicate that someone is allowed to do something, usually because of a rule or (Hukuk) You use may not to indicate that someone is not allowed to do something. Any two persons may marry in Scotland provided that both persons are at least 16 years of age on the day of their marriage Adolescents under the age of 18 may not work in jobs that require them to drive; vagueness You use may have with a past participle when suggesting that it is possible that something happened or was true, or when giving a possible explanation for something. He may have been to some of those places The chaos may have contributed to the deaths of up to 20 people; You use may when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something that people can make use of if they want to. The bag has narrow straps, so it may be worn over the shoulder or carried in the hand = can; {i} fifth month of the Gregorian calendar; female first name; May is the fifth month of the year in the Western calendar. May is a modal verb. It is used with the base form of a verb; vagueness You use may to indicate that there is a possibility that something is true, but you cannot be certain. Civil rights officials say there may be hundreds of other cases of racial violence = might; You use may to indicate that something is sometimes true or is true in some circumstances. A vegetarian diet may not provide enough calories for a child's normal growth Up to five inches of snow may cover the mountains. = might; 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 I may be back next year I don't know if they'll publish it or not. They may Scientists know that cancer may not show up for many years. = might; mayo
Aren't you the mayor? - Aren't you the mayor?; Liberty; permission; allowance; Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a question or remark; Discretionary and is not mandatory or required (3); The implementation is not obliged to follow this in any way; The flowers of the hawthorn; so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn; "Fan bearer on the King's [Akhenaten's] Right Hand" Links: Royalty; Contingency or liability; possibility or probability; Conforming objects and xAIML interpreters are permitted to but need not behave as described; A maiden; Emerald; thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America; {f} can; allow; be possible; wish, would that; Pouvoir Peut Demande polie Probabilité May I go to the washroom? Steve may get a good score; aux may; can [OE mÃ¦Ã®]; The word "may" is conditional, and implies that there is discretion as to whether a condition exists or an act or action will take place; Maximum Average Yield The average yield that would be obtained from a fishery over time under a CAY harvest strategy; Denotes an allowable option or permissible practice Can also indicate a best-management practice Written justification for a decision not to implement a "may" statement is not required; Word "may" usually is employed to imply permissive, optional or discretional, and not mandatory; n bulan Mei 2 n Mei; Possibly, but not certainly; the month following April and preceding June; the Roman goddess of growth and increase and the mother of Hermes; Indicates the existence of an option; 5/1 7: 15 AM 10 Taurus5/30 11: 20 PM 9 degree Gemini 5/15 10: 36 PM 25 degree Taurus/Scorpio Lunar Eclipse; An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb, by expressing: Ability, competency, or possibility; now oftener expressed by can; To have permission to. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests; Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and the like; A document or user interface is conforming whether this statement applies or not; Expressing something that is possibly true; The early part or springtime of life; {i} hawthorne tree or bush; flowers of the hawthorne bush; young woman (Archaic); springtime; With respect to implementations, the word "may" is to be interpreted as an optional feature that is not required in this specification but can be provided With respect to Document Conformance, the word "may" means that the optional feature must not be used The term "optional" has the same definition as "may"; Is permissible; The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days; Postcards/Rack Cards; The merrymaking of May Day; Emerald Green Onyx Chrysoprase Green

to may

Hyphenation

to May

Turkish pronunciation

tı mey

Pronunciation

/tə ˈmā/ /tə ˈmeɪ/

Etymology

[ t&, tu, 'tü ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English tO; akin to Old High German zuo to, Latin donec as long as, until.