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MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does might-have-been mean?
• MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN (noun)
The noun MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN has 1 sense:
1. an event that could have occurred but never did
Familiarity information: MIGHT-HAVE-BEEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An event that could have occurred but never did
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("might-have-been" is a kind of...):
event (something that happens at a given place and time)
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