Definition of perhaps in English:

perhaps

adverb pəˈhapspərˈ(h)æps

1Used to express uncertainty or possibility.
perhaps I should have been frank with him
Example sentencesExamples
- Ahead I see it, a sea tree, perhaps the first ever to be observed by a diver.
- Any attempt to strive for a better life is likely to be viewed with scorn and perhaps even presented as dangerous.
- The weather patterns suggest that we will have a winter season, perhaps a good one.
- He kissed her more urgently now, as though she was the only woman he had ever loved, and perhaps she was.
- The polls say he can't win, he says, with that glint that suggests perhaps he can.
- We have perhaps not seen the definitive version of the car yet - and certainly not of the engine.
- Some want to question, to weigh up the alternatives, to perhaps seek a second opinion.
- It was time to learn just who that other man was, and perhaps what sort of task he had been requested to perform.
- I feel like I've been drifting a bit, perhaps sitting back and taking it all in too much.
- But perhaps more than ever there are many moorland paths overgrown with the heather.
- Just for the record, I am not brave, perhaps a bit foolhardy, and just as scared of dying as the next man.
- Extreme acceleration is definitely a possibility, and perhaps even inevitable.
- The film has been missing in action ever since and perhaps now we know the reason.
- So perhaps the entangled cards do not have any colour prior to their measurement.
- I receive perhaps four or five such requests during the course of a typical week.
- Irish patience is wearing thin, but perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel?
- The game is said to be good for two players as well as maybe four and perhaps as many as five can play it.
- It would simply give someone else the power to pay bills, perhaps for a credit card, from their account.
- Refugees would require a bit of training and perhaps a few weeks' worth of labor.
- In short, we still believe, perhaps more than ever, that literature is political.
Synonyms
maybe, for all I know, for all you know, it could be (that), it may be (that), it is possible (that), possibly, conceivably, feasibly
Northern English happen
literary peradventure, perchance, mayhap, haply
rare percase
1. 1.1 Used when one does not wish to be too definite or assertive in the expression of an opinion.
  perhaps not surprisingly, he was cautious about committing himself
  Example sentencesExamples
  There are a lot of interactive exhibits and perhaps it is a bit too modern.
  That letter led, perhaps not surprisingly, to the launch of these proceedings.
  Like most people in the town he is, surprisingly perhaps, proud of the monkey business.
  Anyway, once they tax us, perhaps we'll be bit more moderate about our plastic bag habit.
  We passed the ball a little bit but perhaps not as much as the manager would have liked.
  I went for another interview today, which could, perhaps, pose a bit of a dilemma.
  Calls for the city to be even more continental are perhaps a bit unrealistic, she says.
  The level of their club football perhaps drops a wee bit because of that so they have to counteract that now.
  The word lug is Scandinavian in origin so perhaps there is a bit of Viking left in all of us.
  This part of the original story is translated surprisingly literally, perhaps even too much so.
  Ally that with a network of buses going to the hospital and perhaps a bit of the dreadful congestion might be eased.
  It was perhaps a bit cruel on them because a draw would have been a fairer result.
  He referred to the definition of a young person as perhaps being a bit broad.
  She closed the door, which was perhaps a bit rude, and went to find her older sister.
  With that goes the not perhaps always totally acceptable thing of being a public figure.
  Surprisingly, perhaps, they have decided to enrol the children in local schools.
  At the same time, it would be perhaps a bit rash to suppose that much smaller surfaces would fail to be flat as well.
  We certainly enjoy our freedom, perhaps even taking a bit of pride in our defence of the right of conscience.
  However, it tends to be lax in dealing with matters that are perhaps a bit more important.
  This agreement was perhaps in itself enough to prevent the partition of China.
2. 1.2 Used when making a polite request, offer, or suggestion.
  would you perhaps consent to act as our guide?
  Example sentencesExamples
  We were going to suggest perhaps a date early in May for the plaintiffs and early in June for us.
  I suggested that perhaps he needed to eat too and so the two of us went into the kitchen and had sandwiches together.
  I suggested that perhaps he could go to the dog track with his uncle and take a chance.
  I suggest, perhaps, that he was grappling with the one thing we all had a sense of.
  So I shall have a look at the tonics on offer and perhaps get her something to try and buck her up a bit.
  She suggested to him that perhaps it would be wise if he left by the back door.
  Would it be too rude to suggest perhaps some of these poor grades were all they deserved?
  He suggests that perhaps I get together a group of friends and buy the horse as a syndicate.
  I hope he will have as many stories as his father to tell, or perhaps I should wish him a few less.
  They suggested that one of the stories could perhaps be expanded to become a novel.
  We might perhaps get on better if we looked at the Act rather than at press releases.
  Could he not perhaps have suggested getting a mate in to help?
  If it were enclosed enough to offer any protection, then perhaps it could be described as a walkway.

Origin

Late 15th century: from per + hap¹.

This is an unusual hybrid of French and Old Norse words. The first half is French per ‘by’ from Latin per ‘by means of’. The second Middle English hap ‘chance, fortune’, which was adopted from Old Norse (see happy). The final ‘s’ only appears about 1520.

Rhymes

apse, collapse, craps, elapse, lapse, schnapps

Definition of perhaps in US English:

perhaps

adverbpərˈ(h)æpspərˈ(h)aps

1Used to express uncertainty or possibility.
perhaps I should have been frank with him
Example sentencesExamples
- Some want to question, to weigh up the alternatives, to perhaps seek a second opinion.
- But perhaps more than ever there are many moorland paths overgrown with the heather.
- In short, we still believe, perhaps more than ever, that literature is political.
- He kissed her more urgently now, as though she was the only woman he had ever loved, and perhaps she was.
- Just for the record, I am not brave, perhaps a bit foolhardy, and just as scared of dying as the next man.
- So perhaps the entangled cards do not have any colour prior to their measurement.
- Ahead I see it, a sea tree, perhaps the first ever to be observed by a diver.
- Extreme acceleration is definitely a possibility, and perhaps even inevitable.
- The weather patterns suggest that we will have a winter season, perhaps a good one.
- The film has been missing in action ever since and perhaps now we know the reason.
- Refugees would require a bit of training and perhaps a few weeks' worth of labor.
- Irish patience is wearing thin, but perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel?
- We have perhaps not seen the definitive version of the car yet - and certainly not of the engine.
- Any attempt to strive for a better life is likely to be viewed with scorn and perhaps even presented as dangerous.
- The polls say he can't win, he says, with that glint that suggests perhaps he can.
- The game is said to be good for two players as well as maybe four and perhaps as many as five can play it.
- It would simply give someone else the power to pay bills, perhaps for a credit card, from their account.
- I receive perhaps four or five such requests during the course of a typical week.
- I feel like I've been drifting a bit, perhaps sitting back and taking it all in too much.
- It was time to learn just who that other man was, and perhaps what sort of task he had been requested to perform.
Synonyms
maybe, for all i know, for all you know, it could be, it could be that, it may be, it may be that, it is possible, it is possible that, possibly, conceivably, feasibly
1. 1.1 Used when one does not wish to be too definite or assertive in the expression of an opinion.
  perhaps not surprisingly, he was cautious about committing himself
  Example sentencesExamples
  He referred to the definition of a young person as perhaps being a bit broad.
  The level of their club football perhaps drops a wee bit because of that so they have to counteract that now.
  We certainly enjoy our freedom, perhaps even taking a bit of pride in our defence of the right of conscience.
  The word lug is Scandinavian in origin so perhaps there is a bit of Viking left in all of us.
  With that goes the not perhaps always totally acceptable thing of being a public figure.
  However, it tends to be lax in dealing with matters that are perhaps a bit more important.
  Like most people in the town he is, surprisingly perhaps, proud of the monkey business.
  It was perhaps a bit cruel on them because a draw would have been a fairer result.
  This agreement was perhaps in itself enough to prevent the partition of China.
  Anyway, once they tax us, perhaps we'll be bit more moderate about our plastic bag habit.
  That letter led, perhaps not surprisingly, to the launch of these proceedings.
  This part of the original story is translated surprisingly literally, perhaps even too much so.
  I went for another interview today, which could, perhaps, pose a bit of a dilemma.
  Surprisingly, perhaps, they have decided to enrol the children in local schools.
  Ally that with a network of buses going to the hospital and perhaps a bit of the dreadful congestion might be eased.
  She closed the door, which was perhaps a bit rude, and went to find her older sister.
  At the same time, it would be perhaps a bit rash to suppose that much smaller surfaces would fail to be flat as well.
  There are a lot of interactive exhibits and perhaps it is a bit too modern.
  We passed the ball a little bit but perhaps not as much as the manager would have liked.
  Calls for the city to be even more continental are perhaps a bit unrealistic, she says.
2. 1.2 Used when making a polite request, offer, or suggestion.
  would you perhaps consent to act as our guide?
  Example sentencesExamples
  We might perhaps get on better if we looked at the Act rather than at press releases.
  Would it be too rude to suggest perhaps some of these poor grades were all they deserved?
  They suggested that one of the stories could perhaps be expanded to become a novel.
  If it were enclosed enough to offer any protection, then perhaps it could be described as a walkway.
  I suggested that perhaps he could go to the dog track with his uncle and take a chance.
  We were going to suggest perhaps a date early in May for the plaintiffs and early in June for us.
  She suggested to him that perhaps it would be wise if he left by the back door.
  I suggest, perhaps, that he was grappling with the one thing we all had a sense of.
  He suggests that perhaps I get together a group of friends and buy the horse as a syndicate.
  I hope he will have as many stories as his father to tell, or perhaps I should wish him a few less.
  I suggested that perhaps he needed to eat too and so the two of us went into the kitchen and had sandwiches together.
  So I shall have a look at the tonics on offer and perhaps get her something to try and buck her up a bit.
  Could he not perhaps have suggested getting a mate in to help?

Origin

Late 15th century: from per + hap.

单词	perhaps
释义	Definition of perhaps in English: perhaps adverb pəˈhapspərˈ(h)æps 1Used to express uncertainty or possibility. perhaps I should have been frank with him Example sentencesExamples Ahead I see it, a sea tree, perhaps the first ever to be observed by a diver. Any attempt to strive for a better life is likely to be viewed with scorn and perhaps even presented as dangerous. The weather patterns suggest that we will have a winter season, perhaps a good one. He kissed her more urgently now, as though she was the only woman he had ever loved, and perhaps she was. The polls say he can't win, he says, with that glint that suggests perhaps he can. We have perhaps not seen the definitive version of the car yet - and certainly not of the engine. Some want to question, to weigh up the alternatives, to perhaps seek a second opinion. It was time to learn just who that other man was, and perhaps what sort of task he had been requested to perform. I feel like I've been drifting a bit, perhaps sitting back and taking it all in too much. But perhaps more than ever there are many moorland paths overgrown with the heather. Just for the record, I am not brave, perhaps a bit foolhardy, and just as scared of dying as the next man. Extreme acceleration is definitely a possibility, and perhaps even inevitable. The film has been missing in action ever since and perhaps now we know the reason. So perhaps the entangled cards do not have any colour prior to their measurement. I receive perhaps four or five such requests during the course of a typical week. Irish patience is wearing thin, but perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel? The game is said to be good for two players as well as maybe four and perhaps as many as five can play it. It would simply give someone else the power to pay bills, perhaps for a credit card, from their account. Refugees would require a bit of training and perhaps a few weeks' worth of labor. In short, we still believe, perhaps more than ever, that literature is political. Synonyms maybe, for all I know, for all you know, it could be (that), it may be (that), it is possible (that), possibly, conceivably, feasibly Northern English happen literary peradventure, perchance, mayhap, haply rare percase 1.1 Used when one does not wish to be too definite or assertive in the expression of an opinion. perhaps not surprisingly, he was cautious about committing himself Example sentencesExamples There are a lot of interactive exhibits and perhaps it is a bit too modern. That letter led, perhaps not surprisingly, to the launch of these proceedings. Like most people in the town he is, surprisingly perhaps, proud of the monkey business. Anyway, once they tax us, perhaps we'll be bit more moderate about our plastic bag habit. We passed the ball a little bit but perhaps not as much as the manager would have liked. I went for another interview today, which could, perhaps, pose a bit of a dilemma. Calls for the city to be even more continental are perhaps a bit unrealistic, she says. The level of their club football perhaps drops a wee bit because of that so they have to counteract that now. The word lug is Scandinavian in origin so perhaps there is a bit of Viking left in all of us. This part of the original story is translated surprisingly literally, perhaps even too much so. Ally that with a network of buses going to the hospital and perhaps a bit of the dreadful congestion might be eased. It was perhaps a bit cruel on them because a draw would have been a fairer result. He referred to the definition of a young person as perhaps being a bit broad. She closed the door, which was perhaps a bit rude, and went to find her older sister. With that goes the not perhaps always totally acceptable thing of being a public figure. Surprisingly, perhaps, they have decided to enrol the children in local schools. At the same time, it would be perhaps a bit rash to suppose that much smaller surfaces would fail to be flat as well. We certainly enjoy our freedom, perhaps even taking a bit of pride in our defence of the right of conscience. However, it tends to be lax in dealing with matters that are perhaps a bit more important. This agreement was perhaps in itself enough to prevent the partition of China. 1.2 Used when making a polite request, offer, or suggestion. would you perhaps consent to act as our guide? Example sentencesExamples We were going to suggest perhaps a date early in May for the plaintiffs and early in June for us. I suggested that perhaps he needed to eat too and so the two of us went into the kitchen and had sandwiches together. I suggested that perhaps he could go to the dog track with his uncle and take a chance. I suggest, perhaps, that he was grappling with the one thing we all had a sense of. So I shall have a look at the tonics on offer and perhaps get her something to try and buck her up a bit. She suggested to him that perhaps it would be wise if he left by the back door. Would it be too rude to suggest perhaps some of these poor grades were all they deserved? He suggests that perhaps I get together a group of friends and buy the horse as a syndicate. I hope he will have as many stories as his father to tell, or perhaps I should wish him a few less. They suggested that one of the stories could perhaps be expanded to become a novel. We might perhaps get on better if we looked at the Act rather than at press releases. Could he not perhaps have suggested getting a mate in to help? If it were enclosed enough to offer any protection, then perhaps it could be described as a walkway. Origin Late 15th century: from per + hap¹. This is an unusual hybrid of French and Old Norse words. The first half is French per ‘by’ from Latin per ‘by means of’. The second Middle English hap ‘chance, fortune’, which was adopted from Old Norse (see happy). The final ‘s’ only appears about 1520. Rhymes apse, collapse, craps, elapse, lapse, schnapps Definition of perhaps in US English: perhaps adverbpərˈ(h)æpspərˈ(h)aps 1Used to express uncertainty or possibility. perhaps I should have been frank with him Example sentencesExamples Some want to question, to weigh up the alternatives, to perhaps seek a second opinion. But perhaps more than ever there are many moorland paths overgrown with the heather. In short, we still believe, perhaps more than ever, that literature is political. He kissed her more urgently now, as though she was the only woman he had ever loved, and perhaps she was. Just for the record, I am not brave, perhaps a bit foolhardy, and just as scared of dying as the next man. So perhaps the entangled cards do not have any colour prior to their measurement. Ahead I see it, a sea tree, perhaps the first ever to be observed by a diver. Extreme acceleration is definitely a possibility, and perhaps even inevitable. The weather patterns suggest that we will have a winter season, perhaps a good one. The film has been missing in action ever since and perhaps now we know the reason. Refugees would require a bit of training and perhaps a few weeks' worth of labor. Irish patience is wearing thin, but perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel? We have perhaps not seen the definitive version of the car yet - and certainly not of the engine. Any attempt to strive for a better life is likely to be viewed with scorn and perhaps even presented as dangerous. The polls say he can't win, he says, with that glint that suggests perhaps he can. The game is said to be good for two players as well as maybe four and perhaps as many as five can play it. It would simply give someone else the power to pay bills, perhaps for a credit card, from their account. I receive perhaps four or five such requests during the course of a typical week. I feel like I've been drifting a bit, perhaps sitting back and taking it all in too much. It was time to learn just who that other man was, and perhaps what sort of task he had been requested to perform. Synonyms maybe, for all i know, for all you know, it could be, it could be that, it may be, it may be that, it is possible, it is possible that, possibly, conceivably, feasibly 1.1 Used when one does not wish to be too definite or assertive in the expression of an opinion. perhaps not surprisingly, he was cautious about committing himself Example sentencesExamples He referred to the definition of a young person as perhaps being a bit broad. The level of their club football perhaps drops a wee bit because of that so they have to counteract that now. We certainly enjoy our freedom, perhaps even taking a bit of pride in our defence of the right of conscience. The word lug is Scandinavian in origin so perhaps there is a bit of Viking left in all of us. With that goes the not perhaps always totally acceptable thing of being a public figure. However, it tends to be lax in dealing with matters that are perhaps a bit more important. Like most people in the town he is, surprisingly perhaps, proud of the monkey business. It was perhaps a bit cruel on them because a draw would have been a fairer result. This agreement was perhaps in itself enough to prevent the partition of China. Anyway, once they tax us, perhaps we'll be bit more moderate about our plastic bag habit. That letter led, perhaps not surprisingly, to the launch of these proceedings. This part of the original story is translated surprisingly literally, perhaps even too much so. I went for another interview today, which could, perhaps, pose a bit of a dilemma. Surprisingly, perhaps, they have decided to enrol the children in local schools. Ally that with a network of buses going to the hospital and perhaps a bit of the dreadful congestion might be eased. She closed the door, which was perhaps a bit rude, and went to find her older sister. At the same time, it would be perhaps a bit rash to suppose that much smaller surfaces would fail to be flat as well. There are a lot of interactive exhibits and perhaps it is a bit too modern. We passed the ball a little bit but perhaps not as much as the manager would have liked. Calls for the city to be even more continental are perhaps a bit unrealistic, she says. 1.2 Used when making a polite request, offer, or suggestion. would you perhaps consent to act as our guide? Example sentencesExamples We might perhaps get on better if we looked at the Act rather than at press releases. Would it be too rude to suggest perhaps some of these poor grades were all they deserved? They suggested that one of the stories could perhaps be expanded to become a novel. If it were enclosed enough to offer any protection, then perhaps it could be described as a walkway. I suggested that perhaps he could go to the dog track with his uncle and take a chance. We were going to suggest perhaps a date early in May for the plaintiffs and early in June for us. She suggested to him that perhaps it would be wise if he left by the back door. I suggest, perhaps, that he was grappling with the one thing we all had a sense of. He suggests that perhaps I get together a group of friends and buy the horse as a syndicate. I hope he will have as many stories as his father to tell, or perhaps I should wish him a few less. I suggested that perhaps he needed to eat too and so the two of us went into the kitchen and had sandwiches together. So I shall have a look at the tonics on offer and perhaps get her something to try and buck her up a bit. Could he not perhaps have suggested getting a mate in to help? Origin Late 15th century: from per + hap.
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