perhaps

[US]/pə'hæps/
[UK]/pɚ'hæps/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. possibly; maybe
n. assumption; conjecture; uncertain matter

Example Sentences

Perhaps it will rain in the afternoon.

this story is perhaps just a bit of blarney.

perhaps the best comparison is that of seasickness.

perhaps the youth was just plain stupid.

a vast and perhaps quixotic project.

perhaps I was a superficial person.

it was that big, perhaps even bigger.

perhaps I wrong him.

a civet, perhaps, or maybe a daube.

Perhaps the letter will come today.

Perhaps our team will win.

Perhaps I can help you.

Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.

emigration is perhaps the best gauge of public unease.

perhaps he's regretting his impulsive offer.

perhaps I am atoning for my misspent youth.

perhaps I should have been frank with him.

would you perhaps consent to act as our guide?.

perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect.

perhaps one can even retool for the afterlife.

Real-world Examples

Perhaps I 'll answer you and perhaps I will not.

Source: Five Children and It

That kind of expertise is also perhaps an obstacle.

Source: Harvard Business Review

I'll keep these bits perhaps for a trifle.

Source: Victoria Kitchen

They could get some money perhaps from Prince Charles.

Source: NPR News February 2020 Compilation

Perhaps you traversed some potholes along the way.

Source: 2019 Celebrity High School Graduation Speech

Could it be some kind of animal –an ape perhaps?

Source: BBC Reading Classics to Learn Vocabulary

Perhaps not, he thought. Perhaps I was only better armed.

Source: The Old Man and the Sea

If you had£50, perhaps you would stay away for three months.

Source: Jane Eyre (Abridged Version)

It flies away from him perhaps when he needs it most.

Source: 100 Classic English Essays for Recitation

And there's no perhaps. This is what we're doing.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) October 2015 Collection

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