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[ per-haps ] / pərˈhæps / SEE SYNONYMS FOR perhaps ON THESAURUS.COM
adverbmaybe; possibly: Perhaps the package will arrive today. Origin of perhaps1520–30; earlier perhappes, perhapis by haps. See per, hap1, -s1 Words nearby perhapspergola, Pergolesi, pergolide mesylate, Pergonal, perh., perhaps, perhydrogenate, perhydrogenize, peri, Periactin, periadenitis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for perhapsCitizens, perhaps, need to feel like they can communicate something to science. Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST Perhaps on his own nowadays, Epstein is trying his best to webmaster over a dozen URLs. Sleazy Billionaire’s Double Life Featured Beach Parties With Stephen Hawking|M.L. Nestel|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST Democrats would be mistaken to underestimate Mike Huckabee, perhaps the strongest Republican presidential contender. Why This Liberal Hearts Huckabee|Sally Kohn|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST Perhaps, as Dwight Garner wrote, Steinberg just needed an idea for a book. Was ‘The Book of Mormon’ a Great American Novel?|Stefan Beck|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps it always seems that way at the time, but surely we face our fair share right now. In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST Perhaps I was wrong to lose my temper and threaten him, but I am half mad. An American Suffragette|Isaac N. Stevens It has no power, but perhaps you could tow it behind your launch. Roy Blakeley|Percy Keese Fitzhugh And perhaps for her it wore the greater dignity from her vague idea of its internal workings. Wheat and Huckleberries|Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile Perhaps he is stirred at the thought of fighting for "England, Home, and Beauty." Kitchener's Mob|James Norman Hall Henri had a thought, perhaps, of the rabbit's foot that Schneider carried. Our Young Aeroplane Scouts in Germany|Horace Porter
British Dictionary definitions for perhaps/ (pəˈhæps, informal præps) /
adverb- possibly; maybe
- (as sentence modifier)he'll arrive tomorrow, perhaps; perhaps you'll see him tomorrow
sentence substituteit may happen, be so, etc; maybe Word Origin for perhapsC16 perhappes, from per by + happes chance, hap 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to perhapsmaybe, perchance, reasonably, conceivably, feasibly, imaginably |