may well / might well
may well / might well means “May well / might well = quite possibly, very likely to be true”. May well and might well add well after the modal to strengthen a guess: He may well be right means 'it is quite likely he is right'. Formation: may/might well + base verb
May well / might well = quite possibly, very likely to be true
C1Formation
may/might well + base verb
Explanation
May well and might well add well after the modal to strengthen a guess: He may well be right means 'it is quite likely he is right'. It is stronger than a plain may (simple possibility) but still not a certainty. Might well works the same way and is only slightly more tentative. Use it when the evidence makes something clearly probable.
Examples
Note
Don't mix up may well (= very likely) with may as well (= there's no better option, so let's do it): We may well win the prize is a prediction, while We may as well go home is a decision. See the next point for may as well.
FAQ
may well / might well — what does it mean and how is it used?
May well / might well = quite possibly, very likely to be true. May well and might well add well after the modal to strengthen a guess: He may well be right means 'it is quite likely he is right'. It is stronger than a plain may (simple possibility) but still not a certainty. Might well works the same way and is only slightly more tentative. Use it when the evidence makes something clearly probable.
may well / might well — how do you form it?
may/might well + base verb
may well / might well — any usage notes?
Don't mix up may well (= very likely) with may as well (= there's no better option, so let's do it): We may well win the prize is a prediction, while We may as well go home is a decision. See the next point for may as well.