Definitions for perhaps
pərˈhæpsper·haps

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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"

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1. Perhapsadverb

   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.

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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

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   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. Dale Vince:

   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.

2. Anuj Somany:

   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.

3. Anuj Somany:

   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.

4. Nigel Unwin:

   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.

5. Marco Rubio:

   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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