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Definition of perhaps - 4 dictionary results

per⋅haps

[per-haps]
–adverb
maybe; possibly: Perhaps the package will arrive today.

Origin:
1520–30; earlier perhappes, perhapis by haps. See per, hap 1 , -s 1
per·haps   (pər-hāps')   
adv.  Maybe; possibly.

[From Middle English perhap : per, by (from Latin; see per) + hap, chance; see hap.]

Perhaps

Per*haps"\, adv. [Per + hap chance.] By chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be.

And pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. --Acts viii. 22.
Language Translation for : perhaps
Spanish: quizás, tal vez,
German: vielleicht,
Japanese: たぶん

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 which now have been superseded by this word.
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