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per·haps
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pərˈhæps
/
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per-
haps
]
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adverb
maybe; possibly:
Perhaps the package
will
arrive today.
Origin:
1520–30;
earlier
perhappes, perhapis
by haps.
See
per
,
hap
1
,
-s
1
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flibbertigibbet
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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The living room needs a new coat of paint,
perhaps
a fresh start for both of you.
These items have the potential to impress the committee and
perhaps
even set you apart from other candidates.
And
perhaps
now another box can be checked: the practice of bribing one's way onto the charts.
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The living room needs a new coat of paint,
perhaps
a fresh start for both of you.
These items have the potential to impress the committee and
perhaps
even set you apart from other candidates.
And
perhaps
now another box can be checked: the practice of bribing one's way onto the charts.
Just how easily new mental skills can evolve is
perhaps
best illustrated by dogs.
Ozone is
perhaps
best known for its role in protecting the earth from solar radiation.
Perhaps
the doctor did ask her permission, but she didn't say anything to her husband or family.
If you think you know one bigger in any species listed, you can nominate it, and
perhaps
unseat the reigning champ.
Some will argue that
perhaps
he never really understood why his films resonated with an entire generation so profoundly.
The library will look and operate differently, and
perhaps
provide a different kind of experience for students and faculty.
Perhaps
the ceaseless vigilance of the police has dramatically reduced the availability of drugs on the street.
They may be pecking for a meal in search of insects or larvae, or
perhaps
hammering out a nest.
Perhaps
farming them industrially is somewhat more efficient than say fish farming or cattle.
Much ecological research provides a simple slice in time,
perhaps
a few years of data.
Perhaps
it's the growing interest in cheeses in general.
But as the ceremony today shows, the probe's symbolic importance
perhaps
rivals its scientific value.
Perhaps
this is because the whole thing seems so obvious.
Perhaps
half of all hedge funds will go out of business.
Perhaps
they also steer by visual landmarks, he said.
Perhaps
they set out in search of food, or maybe it was simply wanderlust.
They are not related to foxes, except
perhaps
for their cunning nature.
The salt technique is new to me and
perhaps
you, too.
Perhaps
best of all in terms of accessibility are the voice-controlled menus.
So the profession's growth continues,
perhaps
tempered by the global economic slide.
Perhaps
a daughter is deemed to join another family on marriage and you want someone to care for you when you are old.
When it comes to cultivating a green thumb, gardeners
perhaps
need only look to their urinals and fireplaces.
Now
perhaps
you can show us the science you did to prove your hypothesis.
Coal will no longer be dug, except
perhaps
with the object of transforming it into bread or meat.
Perhaps
the oldest and easiest form of food preservation is sun-drying.
Perhaps
as a child you made a wish on a falling star, and
perhaps
as a parent you've encouraged your young ones to do the same.
Or
perhaps
you're a librarian or an academic publisher.
Perhaps
misinterpretation is a strong word but to be stuck in dogma in the years to come is
perhaps
futile.
Or
perhaps
the stick-and-slip mechanism was simply an accident of evolutionary history.
However,
perhaps
you can also think of times when anger wasn't so bad.
It seems that the concern over what footage was played when is
perhaps
exagerated in importance.
Or plant a portion of your existing garden,
perhaps
an island bed, with a cottage-style mix of perennials and roses.
Perhaps
the strangest part about any occupation is the bureaucracy that is created around it.
Perhaps
you think you don't need to go over this old ground again.
He wants to go further,
perhaps
by collaborating on programmes.
The resulting footage has shed light on rarely seen mating behavior, captured on film
perhaps
for the first time.
Lucid dreaming is useful for treating chronic nightmares and
perhaps
even anxiety.
Perhaps
they represented ancestors, or heroes, or gods or goddesses from some spirit world.
Perhaps
this is the fault of the postal service, but either way, it's a disappointment.
Perhaps
they're gritting their teeth instead of looking away.
Perhaps
both opponents and the press should spend more time looking beyond the leaders.
Perhaps
he could be part of one of the studies on hatred.
Perhaps
this is a relationship that merits more thoughtful exploration.
And
perhaps
you'll be graced with a jar of honey after the beekeeper has settled the bees in a new home.
Perhaps
the slide-out, rather than the folding-style double screen, could be an improvement though.
Once conservationists uncover such details,
perhaps
they will be able to head off the next invasion.
Perhaps
a multicuberculate-a variety of small mammal that became extinct many millions of years ago-dug out such a hole.
To strengthen a wall, and
perhaps
a corner as well, add ladder wire every other course and under the top course.
Perhaps
their successes weren't due to skill at all.
Perhaps
two tyrannosaurs were fighting and one bit the other on the face, losing a tooth in the process.
Or
perhaps
we've got a drone that's been fed royal jelly all his life.
Perhaps
the owner turned back before taking all her supplies to the summit.
Perhaps
the trend of keeping backyard bees isn't as popular as the not-so-bogus backyard chicken trend.
To the list of wonders of the ancient world,
perhaps
another should be added: nanotechnology.
Perhaps
more than anything else, it is the extraordinary architecture that takes a visitor's breath away.
But
perhaps
it will be enough to tempt you to tuck a few dahlias tubers in the ground this spring.
Perhaps
the aliens have the opposite convention, in which they point their magnetic flow lines the other way.
Perhaps
they could have compared notes on the famous aviators.
Perhaps
they could also use this to find a target unique to all strains of staph and then engineer a phage to exploit it.
The wolves probably floated to the islands on ice or logs or
perhaps
walked over a glacier.
Perhaps
solar power can match the retail price of supplying electricity to a home, but only during bright sunshine.
Perhaps
a wedding that went terriby wrong for some reason.
Perhaps
that is because, before he ever sent a dress down a catwalk, this self-taught designer was creating.
He challenges what is
perhaps
the sacred statistic cited by economists who defend college:.
Magnetically stimulating the brain could lift depression and
perhaps
even boost creativity, but questions remain.
Perhaps
a candidate cannot formally declare a re-election bid via ballpoint pen, notepad and mouse pad.
Or
perhaps
they are the same only if the senior in question has buddha-nature.
Soot, a prime culprit in smog and the bane of inner-city dwellers, has been fingered as
perhaps
the second.
Broadway babies are enthusiastic about musicals and
perhaps
will become composers, lyricists and choreographers themselves.
Or
perhaps
there are people you haven't met personally but whose work you are familiar with.
Yet it follows you, putting up more racy pictures,
perhaps
even the offer of a discount.
They would be
perhaps
used often for, say, displaying food in feasts or displaying other objects.
The cosmic missile, with a head
perhaps
a few miles.
Though
perhaps
not as aggressive as is commonly believed.
Perhaps
your style is more impulsive than either of the two described so far.
Experts warned then that a pocket of the virus would someday evolve to infect humans,
perhaps
setting off a global.
Perhaps
when a television show staff member began kneeling to put the star's shoes on her.
Elaborate roots grip lakebeds, though
perhaps
not as strongly as they did the forest floor.
Perhaps
these designations derive not so much from geography as from spelling.
Perhaps
when she first had a bathtub molded to fit her body.
At the time, there were few part-timers or adjuncts and
perhaps
the rationale made sense.
So
perhaps
the scales of the birds' ancestors had stretched out, generation after generation.
Many,
perhaps
all, people harbor a small number of cells from genetically different individuals--from.
Perhaps
a new fig tree grows for four winters, untouched by freezes, bearing big crops each summer.
Perhaps
it was because nobody could fit a tub the size of a mobile-suit robot into their bathroom.
Science,
perhaps
even more than tourism, could turn out to be big.
Their relationships are interdependent, or
perhaps
codependent.
Perhaps
he thought it would be preferable to have the incendiary chief.
But polar explorer is
perhaps
his best known and hardest-won.
Perhaps
civilization possesses signature features of nature in order to squeeze.
Perhaps
you didn't realize that dollhouse miniature brothels are a collectors' item.
Perhaps
there is a hive somewhere in the neighborhood.
It's a familiar refrain for those caught up in this recurring environmental nightmare,
perhaps
more familiar than you think.
We are trying to develop a health care system,
perhaps
it is time they reform their education system.
Perhaps
you're ready to move into a smaller house, a condominium or a retirement home.
Now, as an immunologist, he's dismantling
perhaps
the most.
Perhaps
they were primed by the sweetness to expect a burst of calories, and when that didn't follow, they kept eating and eating.
Perhaps
it enables them to learn something about themselves that they hadn't yet realized.
So
perhaps
it was inevitable that these two intoxicants would be combined in a single.
Perhaps
people soon realized they could
perhaps
use the felines to control these pests.
So
perhaps
it is fitting that physicists are turning to a large.
The question of its three-dimensional molecular structure interested
perhaps
a dozen people.
Perhaps
this explains my fascination with capturing bees for this month's photos.
Perhaps
there were larger coil springs, hidden inside the tambours, that would drive the cart.
Perhaps
your husband is going through something similar.
E-mail, blogging, social networking and tweeting were expected to surge in importance and
perhaps
to decide the race.
There's hope for gardening yetjust on different terms,
perhaps
.
Perhaps
these posters have been chastised, by a self appointed moderator, for not searching on a topic before they posted.
Yet
perhaps
he must take some of the blame for the new cacophony.
People might easily eat it in a potion," he added-or
perhaps
apply it in a lotion.
May be it can help to find hidden old cities in the jungle,
perhaps
mayan and inca's cities.
Perhaps
more important, his colorful, tragic life has overshadowed his accomplishments as an.
Perhaps
we've got a biological oddity growing in our hives.
Or
perhaps
committee members focus myopically on hiring and pay little or no attention to the.
Or
perhaps
the opposite effect prevailed: it may have made some people more sceptical that the original stimulus did any good.
Perhaps
they believe it's time to move to the sidelines.
Perhaps
modern biology is in need of a fundamental revision.
The sun did not shine through for
perhaps
a year because of a killing cloud cover of dust.
To no one's surprise, except
perhaps
that of the regents themselves, this proposal was greeted with a.
Perhaps
the toxicity of the current environment will lead the rules to be changed again.
Archaeologists think these trays and tubes were used to inhale herbs,
perhaps
ceremonially.
Perhaps
the complexities of great ape social relationships selected for large brains.
My need to understand the city is
perhaps
inescapable.
Perhaps
in another week it will behave as well as the vanilla.
Perhaps
that is because senior scholars were tenured at a time when the expectations for the profession were different.
Labour-market reform is
perhaps
the toughest of all.
Cuba's revolution ages,
perhaps
mellows, but keeps its grip on this island nation.
Perhaps
the bats are chasing water droplets and not insects.
If it gets built, plans call for a se- ries of
perhaps
as many as eight smaller dams.
Perhaps
faculty members have failed to communicate a belief in these students.
Perhaps
the tighter requirements for loans have pushed potential buyers out of the market.
Shamans told stories of people turning to stone, which
perhaps
helped explain ancient stone figures erected much earlier.
Perhaps
the contestant has a seizure and can't remember his original choice.
If anyone else seemed particularly helpful or nice then
perhaps
one to them as well.
Perhaps
this will put a damper on those who advocate against the use of antibiotics for strep throat.
Perhaps
the editors might choose a different picture for the article next time.
Perhaps
because the concept of imaginary numbers was so hard for me to comprehend.
Three things must be accomplished to colonize mars beyond
perhaps
a few thousand people.
Flipping the bird, or sticking out the middle finger, is
perhaps
the oldest insulting gesture on earth.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
perhaps
(pəˈhæps, (
informal
) præps)
—
adv
1.
a. possibly; maybe
b. (
as sentence modifier
):
he'll arrive tomorrow, perhaps
;
perhaps you'll see him tomorrow
—
sentence substitute
2.
it may happen, be so, etc; maybe
[C16
perhappes,
from
per
by +
happes
chance,
hap
1
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
perhaps
1528, formed from M.E. per, par "by, through" + plural of hap "chance" (see
happen
), on model of peradventure, perchance, etc. which now have been superseded by this word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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