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Pronunciation
- /pɚˈhæps/ (General-American)
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- /pəˈhæps/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˈpɹæps/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈpɹæps/ (General-American, uncommon)
- /pəˈɹæps/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin per Old French parbor. Middle English per- Proto-Indo-European *kob-der. Proto-Germanic *hampą Old Norse happbor. Middle English hap Middle English perhap Middle English perhappes ▲ Middle English perhap Middle English perhappous English perhaps From Middle English perhappes, perhappous, variant of earlier perhap (“perhaps, possibly”), equivalent to per- + hap (“chance, coincidence”) + -s, on model of Middle English parchaunce (modern perchance).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Possibly.
However, before most of this was experimentally and observationally discovered, they were perhaps best known for their “almost unique” ability to squirt ink when harangued, creating a smokescreen before jetting off to safety.
2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian:He was seriously wounded, perhaps fatally.
The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:Perhaps John will come over for dinner.
It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].
2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:There was a perhaps credible witness.
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(dated, not-comparable) By chance.
[…] will live until he dies perhaps, and then lie down in clover.
c. 1850, “Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl”:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| perhap | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
Synonyms
peradventure · belike · mayhap · bechance · maybe · perchance · mayhaps
Translations (228)
be мо́жа быць (indicating a lack of certainty) · gl quizais (indicating a lack of certainty) · es quizá (indicating a lack of certainty) · es talvez (indicating a lack of certainty) · el μήπως (indicating a lack of certainty) · nl misschien (indicating a lack of certainty) · mi āwhai (indicating a lack of certainty) · ur غالباً (indicating a lack of certainty) · non léttliga (indicating a lack of certainty) · ur شاید (indicating a lack of certainty) · uga 𐎎𐎐𐎄𐎓 (indicating a lack of certainty) · bg мо́же би (indicating a lack of certainty) · ca potser (indicating a lack of certainty) · la fors (indicating a lack of certainty) · ja 若しや (indicating a lack of certainty) · grc ἴσως (indicating a lack of certainty) · nb muligvis (indicating a lack of certainty) · tg эҳтимол (indicating a lack of certainty) · vo ba (indicating a lack of certainty) · tg мумкин (indicating a lack of certainty) · la fortasse (indicating a lack of certainty) · ary يمكن (indicating a lack of certainty) · apc احتمال (indicating a lack of certainty) · be мо́жа (indicating a lack of certainty) · sa स्यात् (indicating a lack of certainty) · ckb بەشکوم (indicating a lack of certainty) · ko 어쩌면 (indicating a lack of certainty) · ka შესაძლოა (indicating a lack of certainty) · es quizás (indicating a lack of certainty) · gd 's dòcha (indicating a lack of certainty) · mk можеби (indicating a lack of certainty) · ru наве́рное (indicating a lack of certainty) · tk belki (indicating a lack of certainty) · ka ეგებ (indicating a lack of certainty) · de wohl (indicating a lack of certainty) · cs snad (indicating a lack of certainty) · el ενδεχομένως (indicating a lack of certainty) · nn mogelegvis (indicating a lack of certainty) · nn kan henda (indicating a lack of certainty) · apc بجوز (indicating a lack of certainty) · yi אפֿשר (indicating a lack of certainty) · nb kan hende (indicating a lack of certainty) · ja ひょっとして (indicating a lack of certainty) · ba бәлки (indicating a lack of certainty) · ckb ڕەنگە (indicating a lack of certainty) · ro poate (indicating a lack of certainty) · gl seica (indicating a lack of certainty) · apc بركي (indicating a lack of certainty) · az bəlkə (indicating a lack of certainty) · apc ممكن (indicating a lack of certainty) · tt мөмкин (indicating a lack of certainty) · ro posibil (indicating a lack of certainty) · pt talvez (indicating a lack of certainty) · ar لَعَلَّ (indicating a lack of certainty) · vi có thể (indicating a lack of certainty) · id mungkin (indicating a lack of certainty) · es acaso (indicating a lack of certainty) · et võibolla (indicating a lack of certainty) · el μάλλον (indicating a lack of certainty) · gd 's mathaid (indicating a lack of certainty) · vi có lẽ (indicating a lack of certainty) · non nǫkkut (indicating a lack of certainty) · qu ichá (indicating a lack of certainty) · ru мо́жет быть (indicating a lack of certainty) · ca possiblement (indicating a lack of certainty) · sh mòžda (indicating a lack of certainty) · sq ndoshta (indicating a lack of certainty) · ajp بلكي (indicating a lack of certainty) · mwl talbeç (indicating a lack of certainty) · kk мүмкін (indicating a lack of certainty) · fi mahdollisesti (indicating a lack of certainty) · iu ᐃᒻᒪᖄ (indicating a lack of certainty) · tr belki (indicating a lack of certainty) · sk pravdepodobne (indicating a lack of certainty) · hy միգուցե (indicating a lack of certainty) · liv agā (indicating a lack of certainty) · sk možno (indicating a lack of certainty) · nrf p'tête (indicating a lack of certainty) · sl mordà (indicating a lack of certainty) · bcl tibaad (indicating a lack of certainty) · acw بلكن (indicating a lack of certainty) · ky мүмкүн (indicating a lack of certainty) · ba мөмкин (indicating a lack of certainty) · uz balki (indicating a lack of certainty) · es tal vez (indicating a lack of certainty) · tt ихтимал (indicating a lack of certainty) · de vielleicht (indicating a lack of certainty) · la fortassis (indicating a lack of certainty) · ja もしかして (indicating a lack of certainty) · pl może (indicating a lack of certainty) · et äkki (indicating a lack of certainty) · sk azda (indicating a lack of certainty) · fr peut-être (indicating a lack of certainty) · hu talán (indicating a lack of certainty) · arz يمكن (indicating a lack of certainty) · sv kanske (indicating a lack of certainty) · lut ʔəx̌id la (indicating a lack of certainty) · uk можли́во (indicating a lack of certainty) · ja 多分 (indicating a lack of certainty) · nl wellicht (indicating a lack of certainty) · ha iya (indicating a lack of certainty) · uk пе́вно (indicating a lack of certainty) · mhr але (indicating a lack of certainty) · cmn 可能 (indicating a lack of certainty) · ru возмо́жно (indicating a lack of certainty) · oc bensai (indicating a lack of certainty) · cs možná (indicating a lack of certainty) · twf yúhi (indicating a lack of certainty) · ajp يمكن (indicating a lack of certainty) · scn fraci (indicating a lack of certainty) · mn магадгүй (indicating a lack of certainty) · ky балким (indicating a lack of certainty) · apc يمكن (indicating a lack of certainty) · be ма́быць (indicating a lack of certainty) · haw malia (indicating a lack of certainty) · ba ихтимал (indicating a lack of certainty) · nb muligens (indicating a lack of certainty) · ckb بەڵکوو (indicating a lack of certainty) · non má (indicating a lack of certainty) · lo ບາງທີ (indicating a lack of certainty) · sh mȍgūće (indicating a lack of certainty) · gl tal vez (indicating a lack of certainty) · pl zapewne (indicating a lack of certainty) · sk snáď (indicating a lack of certainty) · lut ʔəx̌id kʷa (indicating a lack of certainty) · et järsku (indicating a lack of certainty) · fa شاید (indicating a lack of certainty) · gu કદાચ (indicating a lack of certainty) · ko 아마 (indicating a lack of certainty) · km ប្រហែល (indicating a lack of certainty) · roa-gal ventieil' (indicating a lack of certainty) · hi कदाचित् (indicating a lack of certainty) · ja …かもしれない (indicating a lack of certainty) · tg шояд (indicating a lack of certainty) · es capaz (que) (indicating a lack of certainty) · id mungkin saja (indicating a lack of certainty) · chr ᎠᏎᏛ (indicating a lack of certainty) · sw huenda (indicating a lack of certainty) · hi शायद (indicating a lack of certainty) · is kannski (indicating a lack of certainty) · hi कदाचित (indicating a lack of certainty) · et vahest (indicating a lack of certainty) · da måske (indicating a lack of certainty) · oj maagizhaa (indicating a lack of certainty) · eo eble (indicating a lack of certainty) · mi ētia (indicating a lack of certainty) · uk мо́же бу́ти (indicating a lack of certainty) · sl mogóče (indicating a lack of certainty) · pdt veleicht (indicating a lack of certainty) · tt бәлки (indicating a lack of certainty) · ug بەلكى (indicating a lack of certainty) · la forsan (indicating a lack of certainty) · nn kanskje (indicating a lack of certainty) · nb må hende (indicating a lack of certainty) · acw يمكن (indicating a lack of certainty) · co forse (indicating a lack of certainty) · kmr belkî (indicating a lack of certainty) · la forsitan (indicating a lack of certainty) · gl cecais (indicating a lack of certainty) · fo kanska (indicating a lack of certainty) · sw pingine (indicating a lack of certainty) · ps شايد (indicating a lack of certainty) · la forte (indicating a lack of certainty) · oc benlèu (indicating a lack of certainty) · zdj amɓesee (indicating a lack of certainty) · pl bodaj (indicating a lack of certainty) · uk мо́же (indicating a lack of certainty) · ar مِن اَلْمُمْكِن (indicating a lack of certainty) · be магчы́ма (indicating a lack of certainty) · id barangkali (indicating a lack of certainty) · he אוּלַי (indicating a lack of certainty) · lt galbūt (indicating a lack of certainty) · fi kenties (indicating a lack of certainty) · ms barangkali (indicating a lack of certainty) · gl se cadra (indicating a lack of certainty) · la forsit (indicating a lack of certainty) · haw paha (indicating a lack of certainty) · cop ⲁⲣⲏⲩ (indicating a lack of certainty) · cmn 或許 /或许 (indicating a lack of certainty) · ru мо́жет (indicating a lack of certainty) · io forsan (indicating a lack of certainty) · ug مۇمكىن (indicating a lack of certainty) · lv varbūt (indicating a lack of certainty) · ja …でしょう (indicating a lack of certainty) · ml ഒരുപക്ഷേ (indicating a lack of certainty) · cy efallai (indicating a lack of certainty) · cmn 或是 (indicating a lack of certainty) · fur forsit (indicating a lack of certainty) · ist fuorsi (indicating a lack of certainty) · sh мо̏гӯће (indicating a lack of certainty) · ckb بەشکوو (indicating a lack of certainty) · uk ма́буть (indicating a lack of certainty) · uz ehtimol (indicating a lack of certainty) · fr possiblement (indicating a lack of certainty) · be мо (indicating a lack of certainty) · et ehk (indicating a lack of certainty) · ga b'fhéidir (indicating a lack of certainty) · gl quizaves (indicating a lack of certainty) · th ไม่แน่ (indicating a lack of certainty) · fi ehkä (indicating a lack of certainty) · it forse (indicating a lack of certainty) · ha yiwu (indicating a lack of certainty) · ar رُبَّمَا (indicating a lack of certainty) · scn forsi (indicating a lack of certainty) · sco aiblins (indicating a lack of certainty) · ca tal vegada (indicating a lack of certainty) · ko 아마도 (indicating a lack of certainty) · ka იქნებ (indicating a lack of certainty) · nb kanskje (indicating a lack of certainty) · tly شاید (indicating a lack of certainty) · chr ᎠᏎᏱᎩ (indicating a lack of certainty) · br marteze (indicating a lack of certainty) · sk môžbyť (indicating a lack of certainty) · ang weald þēah (indicating a lack of certainty) · mi pea (indicating a lack of certainty) · ja 恐らく (indicating a lack of certainty) · fa گاس (indicating a lack of certainty) · th บางที (indicating a lack of certainty) · el ίσως (indicating a lack of certainty) · sv möjligen (indicating a lack of certainty) · ia forsan (indicating a lack of certainty) · sh мо̀жда (indicating a lack of certainty) · gd dh'fhaoidte (indicating a lack of certainty) · cmn 也許 /也许 (indicating a lack of certainty) · apc بلكي (indicating a lack of certainty) · nn må henda (indicating a lack of certainty) · eu beherbada (indicating a lack of certainty) · et võib-olla (indicating a lack of certainty)