Definitions for perhaps
pərˈhæpsper·haps

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 4 votes

1. possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap, peradventureadverb

   by chance

   "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Perhapsadverb

   Peradventure; it may be.

   Etymology: per and hap.

   Perhaps the good old man that kiss’d his son,
   And left a blessing on his head,
   His arms about him spread,
   Hopes yet to see him ere his glass be run. Thomas Flatman.

   Somewhat excellent may be invented, perhaps more excellent than the first design, though Virgil must be still excepted, when that perhaps takes place. Dryden.

   His thoughts inspir’d his tongue,
   And all his soul receiv’d a real love.
   Perhaps new graces darted from her eyes,
   Perhaps soft pity charm’d his yielding soul,
   Perhaps her love, perhaps her kingdom charm’d him. Smith.

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1. perhaps

   Perhaps is an adverb that is used to express uncertainty or possibility; it indicates that something may happen or may be true but is not guaranteed or confirmed.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Perhapsadverb

   by chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be

2. Etymology: [Per + hap chance.]

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1. Perhaps

   Perhaps is the fourth album released by the Scottish New Wave band, Associates. It is the first album without founding multi-instrumentalist Alan Rankine.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Perhaps

   per-haps′, adv. it may be: possibly.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'perhaps' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #258

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'perhaps' in Written Corpus Frequency: #248

3. Adverbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'perhaps' in Adverbs Frequency: #40

Anagrams for perhaps »

1. prehaps

How to pronounce perhaps?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say perhaps in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of perhaps in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of perhaps in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of perhaps in a Sentence

1. Martin Whetton:

   The onus is falling, perhaps inevitably on the actions of governments to abandon budget surpluses and reinvigorate the demand side of the economy.

2. Pope Francis:

   I felt that I had to be here ... I am here to be with you, perhaps a little late, I have to say, but I am here.

3. Popular Mechanics, March 1949:

   Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equpped with 18,000 vaccuum tubes and weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1 12 tons.

4. Victor Shih:

   I thought this was kind of an odd episode, whether that was a warning of sorts to the technology sector as a whole, or perhaps Jack Ma personally. Who knows ? But it's certainly demonstrated the government does not even have to arrest a senior technology executive to erase tens of billions of dollars from a company's market valuation. It just needs to release some kind of information.

5. Donald Trump:

   Look, you always have to be concerned, you don't know exactly who you're dealing with. I had a great great meeting with the president of China and that meeting tells me a lot and you've seen a lot of things happen. They have a pretty good power, not a great power perhaps, but a pretty good power over North Korea. We're gonna see what happens. It's a very, very tricky situation.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=perhaps
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=perhaps
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perhaps
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=perhaps
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=perhaps