May vs. Mai — What's the Difference?
Difference Between May and Mai
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May
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
Mai
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May
Expressing possibility
That may be true
He may well win
May
Used to ask for or to give permission
May I ask a few questions?
You may confirm my identity with your Case Officer, if you wish
May
Expressing a wish or hope
May she rest in peace
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May
The fifth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the last month of spring
The full system was deployed last May
The new model makes its showroom debut in May
May
A hawthorn or its blossoms.
May
The fifth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.
May
The springtime of life; youth.
May
The celebration of May Day.
May
To be strong; to have power (over).
May
To be able; can.
May
To be able to go.
May
To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
You may smoke outside;
May I sit there?
May
Expressing a present possibility; possibly.
He may be lying;
Schrödinger's cat may or may not be in the box
May
Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
May you win;
May the weather be sunny
May
Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.
May
To gather may, or flowers in general.
May
To celebrate May Day.
May
The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
May
(archaic) A maiden.
May
An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb,
How may a man, said he, with idle speech,Be won to spoil the castle of his health!
For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what he may do as just, and what he may do as possible.
For of all sad words of tongue or penThe saddest are these: "It might have been."
May
Liberty; permission; allowance.
Thou mayst be no longer steward.
May
Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.
Though what he learns he speaks, and may advanceSome general maxims, or be right by chance.
May
Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a question or remark.
How old may Phillis be, you ask.
May
Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and the like.
May
A maiden.
May
The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
May
The early part or springtime of life.
His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood.
May
The flowers of the hawthorn; - so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
The palm and may make country houses gay.
Plumes that mocked the may.
May
The merrymaking of May Day.
May
The month following April and preceding June
May
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
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