"perhaps" meaning in English

See perhaps in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /pəˈhæps/ [UK], /pɚˈhæps/ [US] Audio: en-us-perhaps.ogg [US], en-uk-perhaps.ogg [UK]
  1. If you say that perhaps something will happen or that perhaps it is true, you mean it may happen or be true.
    Sense id: simple-perhaps-en-adv-HQC-zR68
  2. You use perhaps when you are not sure about something.
    Sense id: simple-perhaps-en-adv-d7gJl41-
     
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        {
          "text": "Perhaps someday I'll learn how to drive."
        },
        {
          "text": "If I tried again, perhaps it might work."
        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "We shouldn't do it, we don't want to do it, and perhaps most importantly, we don't have the money to do it."
        },
        {
          "text": "Nokia is perhaps Finland's best-known company."
        }
      ],
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        "You use perhaps when you are not sure about something."
      ],
      "id": "simple-perhaps-en-adv-d7gJl41-"
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      "ipa": "/pəˈhæps/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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      "sampa": "/p@\"h{ps/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɚˈhæps/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "sampa": "/p@`\"h{ps/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-perhaps.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-perhaps.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Perhaps someday I'll learn how to drive."
        },
        {
          "text": "If I tried again, perhaps it might work."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "If you say that perhaps something will happen or that perhaps it is true, you mean it may happen or be true."
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We shouldn't do it, we don't want to do it, and perhaps most importantly, we don't have the money to do it."
        },
        {
          "text": "Nokia is perhaps Finland's best-known company."
        }
      ],
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        "You use perhaps when you are not sure about something."
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɚˈhæps/",
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        "US"
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-perhaps.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-perhaps.ogg",
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        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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