наве́рное
- 1.
probably, most likely, maybe
Он наве́рное уже́ дома.
He's probably already home.
Usually a parenthetical word, set off by commas; very common in everyday speech. Not to be confused with наверняка 'for sure'.
Usage info
Literary/formal compared to наверно
Examples
Ты, наверное, проголода́лась.
You must be hungry.
С твое́й вне́шностью я бы, наверное, пове́сился.
If I had your looks, I think I'd hang myself.
Сойдёт, наверное.
I guess that'll do.
Typical usagePRO
Core use and placement
Наве́рное, я ...
Probably, I ...
Я, наве́рное, ...
I probably ...
Э́то, наве́рное, ...
That's probably ...
Наве́рное, да.
Probably yes.
Hedged suggestions and necessity
Наве́рное, на́до + инф.
We/one should probably + infinitive
Наве́рное, сто́ит + инф.
It’s probably worth + -ing
Наве́рное, лу́чше + инф.
It’s probably better to + infinitive
Наве́рное, мо́жно + инф.
It’s probably okay/allowed to + infinitive
Expressing doubt/negation
Наве́рное, не полу́чится.
It probably won’t work (out).
Наве́рное, я не смогу́.
I probably won’t be able to.
Наве́рное, я оши́бся.
I’m probably wrong / I probably made a mistake.
Наве́рное, я не прав.
I'm probably not right.
Word familyверну́тьPRO
- верну́тьto return; to repay; to recover
- наве́рноprobably; for certain
- вверну́тьto screw in; to put in (a remark)
- наве́рноеprobably
- верну́тьсяto return; to revert (to)
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