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perhaps

[per-haps]

adverb

  1. maybe; possibly.

    Perhaps the package will arrive today.



perhaps

/ pəˈhæps, præps /

adverb

    1. possibly; maybe

    2. ( as sentence modifier )

      he'll arrive tomorrow, perhaps

      perhaps you'll see him tomorrow

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
  1. it may happen, be so, etc; maybe

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of perhaps1

First recorded in 1520–30; earlier perhappes, perhapis “by haps”; equivalent to per + hap 1 + -s 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of perhaps1

C16 perhappes, from per by + happes chance, hap 1
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Emma Raducanu said the home comforts helped her rhythm and perhaps even contributed to what she called her "free and expressive" style at the tournament.

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And yet, because he is perhaps the world’s most ignorant head of state, he seems to have suddenly realized that crippling the California economy might be bad politics for him.

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Although having netted in underground car parks in Kuala Lumpur and been fascinated by the the size of Jonah Lomu's lunch, perhaps the tournament was approached in a more leisurely fashion.

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On the face of it, he is perhaps more a middle-class loner, and his apparent normality suggests a crime triggered by internalised mental processes, rather than by peer-driven association or emulation.

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Israeli political and military officials have made it abundantly clear that military operations will persist well into next week and perhaps go on even longer than that.

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