perhaps
[ per-haps ]
/ pərˈhæps /
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adverb
maybe; possibly: Perhaps the package will arrive today.
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perhaps
/ (pəˈhæps, informal præps) /
adverb
- possibly; maybe
- (as sentence modifier)he'll arrive tomorrow, perhaps; perhaps you'll see him tomorrow
sentence substitute
it may happen, be so, etc; maybe
Word Origin for perhaps
C16 perhappes, from per by + happes chance, hap 1
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