perhaps
Use Perhaps in a sentence
adverb
maybe; possibly: Perhaps the package will arrive today.
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| —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, | |
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Perhaps
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Etymonline
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 which now have been superseded by this word.
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Example sentences
First it will become wireless and ubiquitous, crawling into the woodwork and perhaps even under our skin.
Perhaps nothing known to modern science is as unlikely and outrageous as the daily work of our genes.
Perhaps their members, particularly in the public sector, actually believed them.
Perhaps some one tells a story, or some one plays and everyone sings.
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