perhapsadverb
uk/pəˈhæps//præps/us/pɚˈhæps/A2 used to show that something is possible or that you are not certain about something:
He hasn't written to me recently - perhaps he's lost my address.
Perhaps the most important question has not been asked.
We plan to travel to Europe - to Spain or Italy perhaps.
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maybe
used to show that a number or amount is approximate:
There were perhaps 500 people at the meeting.
used when making polite requests or statements of opinion:
"I never remember people's birthdays." "Well, perhaps you should."
More examples
- I thought I saw someone hiding in the bushes - perhaps we should call the police.
- We have fruit juice but perhaps you'd like something a little stronger?
- The dialogue sounded stilted and unnatural, perhaps because of the translation from the original Russian.
- It has often been said, perhaps unfairly, that they are a warlike people.
- I'd guess that she's in her forties - 45 perhaps.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Possible and probable
- (the) chances are idiom
- always
- anything's possible idiom
- arguably
- as never before idiom
- avenue
- course
- lean
- lean towards sth
- liable
- likelihood
- likely
- sporting chance
- stand
- strange
- stranger things have happened idiom
- strong
- ten
- ten to one idiom
- vista
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