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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, 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"
Webster Dictionary
Perhapsadverb
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
We thought, you know what, what we can do with this is actually bring our message to a new world, the world of soccer -- relatively untouched by eco stuff. Our work is on the issues of energy, transport and food; and within soccer you find that, like a stick of rock, written through the middle. So we decided to dive in, rescue the club, create the greenest soccer club perhaps in the world and use that as a way to reach a totally different audience.
Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law fight like snake and mongoose, no one knows who is who actually and none can perhaps ever predict who will win eventually.
Perhaps the only way for a husband to know the true mind graph of his wife is to make her laugh wildly or annoy her deeply enough; else she can hide many secrets from him all throughout her life.
It could be related to a variety of effects – such as poorer access to healthy food, less opportunity for physical activity, perhaps greater psychological stress which of itself might increase diabetes risk.
There are legitimate questions, im not accusing anyone of anything, it is perhaps the way he says... but there are a lot of legitimatequestions that I think are important to answer, not just as a member of Congress tohis constituency, but in Republican House if he wants to continue serving in this important role.
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Translations for perhaps
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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
- ஒருவேளைTamil
- บางที, ไม่แน่Thai
- belkiTurkish
- можли́во, мо́же бу́ти, ма́буть, мо́жеUkrainian
- شایدUrdu
- có thể, có lẽVietnamese
- baVolapük
- אפֿשרYiddish
- 也许Chinese
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