perhaps

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /pəˈhæps/
• (America) IPA: /pɚˈhæps/
• (America) (colloquial) IPA: /ˈpɹæps/

Adverb

perhaps (not comparable)

1. Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty.

   Perhaps John will come over for dinner.

2. (rare) By chance.

Synonyms

• belike
• maybe
• mayhap
• mayhaps
• peradventure
• perchance

Related terms

• perhapser

Translations

• French: peut-être, possiblement
• German: vielleicht, wohl
• Italian: forse
• Portuguese: talvez
• Russian: возмо́жно
• Spanish: acaso, quizá, quizás, tal vez

Noun

perhaps (plural perhapses)

1. An uncertainty.
   • 1870, The Missionary Herald (volumes 66-67, page 167)

     I cannot conceive what atheism, or skepticism, or positivism could do for me now, with their negations, and endless and contradictory perhapses, and perhapses, and perhapses.

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