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Definition of perhaps - 3 dictionary results

per⋅haps

  [per-haps]
Use perhaps in a Sentence
–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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per·haps   (pər-hāps')   
adv.  Maybe; possibly.

[From Middle English perhap : per, by (from Latin; see per) + hap, chance; see hap.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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 which now have been superseded by this word.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, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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