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per⋅haps
[per-haps] 
–adverb
| maybe; possibly: Perhaps the package will arrive today. |
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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.] |
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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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 which now have been superseded by this word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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