What does Perhaps mean?
Definitions for Perhaps
pərˈhæpsPer·haps
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Perhaps.
Princeton's WordNet
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
Perhaps(adverb)
by chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be
Etymology: [Per + hap chance.]
Freebase
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
Perhaps
per-haps′, adv. it may be: possibly.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Perhaps' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #258
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Perhaps' in Written Corpus Frequency: #248
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Perhaps' in Adverbs Frequency: #40
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Perhaps in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Perhaps in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Perhaps in a Sentence
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.
The official debates are going to be the big enchilada, perhaps more so than for any national debates in our history.
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.
At least if they lack effort, it gives the impression that perhaps they do have ability.
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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- من الممكن, ربماArabic
- bəlkəAzerbaijani
- бәлки, мөмкинBashkir
- мо́жа, мо́жа быць, магчыма́Belarusian
- мо́же биBulgarian
- potserCatalan, Valencian
- forseCorsican
- možná, snadCzech
- måskeDanish
- vielleicht, wohlGerman
- μάλλον, ίσωςGreek
- ebleEsperanto
- quizás, quizá, tal vez, acasoSpanish
- ehkEstonian
- beherbadaBasque
- شایدPersian
- ehkäFinnish
- kanskaFaroese
- peut-êtreFrench
- b'fhéidirIrish
- 's dòcha, 's mathaidScottish Gaelic
- tal vez, quizais, quizáGalician
- אוליHebrew
- शायदHindi
- talánHungarian
- barangkali, jangan-jangan, mungkinIndonesian
- forsanIdo
- forseItalian
- ᐃᒻᒪᖄInuktitut
- 多分, でしょう, 若しや, かもしれないJapanese
- შესაძლოა, იქნებ, ეგებGeorgian
- ប្រហែលKhmer
- 아마Korean
- belkî, بهشکوو, بهشکوم, ڕهنگه, بهڵکووKurdish
- forsit, fortassis, fortasse, forsan, fors, forsitan, forteLatin
- ບາງທີLao
- varbūtLatvian
- misschien, wellichtDutch
- kanskje, muligensNorwegian
- może, podobnoPolish
- talvezPortuguese
- icháQuechua
- возмо́жно, мо́жет быть, мочь, наве́рноеRussian
- možno, snáď, môžbyťSlovak
- mogóče, mordàSlovene
- ndoshtaAlbanian
- kanske, möjligenSwedish
- huenda, pingineSwahili
- บางที, ไม่แน่Thai
- belkiTurkish
- можли́во, мо́же бу́ти, ма́буть, мо́жеUkrainian
- شایدUrdu
- có thể, có lẽVietnamese
- baVolapük
- אפֿשרYiddish
- 也许Chinese
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