might-have-been

1. 1.

   an event that could have occurred but never did

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Questions about might-have-been

What does might-have-been mean?

might-have-been means "an event that could have occurred but never did".

How many syllables are in might-have-been?

might-have-been has 3 syllables: migh-t-have--been. The stress falls on "migh". In IPA it is /ˈmaɪtəvˌbɪn/.

Is might-have-been a common word?

might-have-been is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with might-have-been?

2 words rhyme with might-have-been. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.