Definitions for Perhaps
pərˈhæpsPer·haps

Princeton's WordNet(2.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. possibly, perchance, perhaps, maybe, mayhap, peradventure(adverb)

   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"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Perhaps(adverb)

   by chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be

   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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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

How to pronounce Perhaps?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie:

   Again, in retrospect, perhaps we would have done things differently but his suicide attempts were back in '08 and '09. This was 2015. I don't know that the physician knew about the missing person report, and we weren't there at the time to see what actually happened. That's one of the challenges with looking at medical records afterward and why it's so important to do good documentation.

2. Frank Graves:

   The official debates are going to be the big enchilada, perhaps more so than for any national debates in our history.

3. Val Demings of Florida:

   We have no reason to believe that The President has learned anything, if The President had, perhaps The President would have began the State of the Union address the other night by apologizing to the American people. That what The President did was wrong and The President's regretful for it. We haven't heard that.

4. Joseph Ferrari:

   At least if they lack effort, it gives the impression that perhaps they do have ability.

5. Anuj Somany:

   A comedian is perhaps the only person who is admired as well as paid handsomely for speaking out the truth honestly in his profession by the people.

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