also: でしょ
it seems; I think; I guess; I wonder
Polite conjectural form of です. Expresses probability, speculation, or seeking confirmation. The contracted form でしょ is less polite.
See also: だろう
明日は雨が降るでしょう。
It will probably rain tomorrow.
このケーキはおいしいでしょう。
This cake must be delicious, I think.
Used to seek agreement or confirmation, often with a rising intonation. Functions like a tag question.
この映画、面白かったでしょう？
This movie was interesting, wasn't it?
でしょう expresses a confident guess closer to 'probably', while かもしれません emphasizes mere possibility, closer to 'maybe/might'.
でしょう is a more explicit and formal way to seek confirmation, while よね is shorter and more casual.
だろう is the plain-form conjectural copula used in casual speech, while でしょう is its polite equivalent.
でしょう is the polite, standard form used to seek agreement, while っしょ is a very casual contraction used mainly among close friends.
でしょう is the polite/formal counterpart of だろう, used in the same conjectural sense as かも知れない but in more formal speech.
Conjectural form of the polite copula です. The contracted form でしょ is a common casual variant.