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perhaps

[ per-haps ]

/ pərˈhæps /

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adverb

maybe; possibly: Perhaps the package will arrive today.

Origin of perhaps

1520–30; earlier perhappes, perhapis by haps. See per, hap¹, -s¹

Words nearby perhaps

pergola, pergolesi, pergolide mesylate, pergonal, perh., perhaps, perhydrogenate, perhydrogenize, peri, peri-, peri-infarction block

Example sentences from the Web for perhaps

Citizens, 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.

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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

perhaps

/ (pəˈhæps, informal præps) /

adverb

possibly; maybe
(as sentence modifier)he'll arrive tomorrow, perhaps; perhaps you'll see him tomorrow

sentence substitute

it may happen, be so, etc; maybe

Word Origin for perhaps

C16 perhappes, from per by + happes chance, hap 1