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  • 11perhaps*/*/*/ — [pəˈhæps] adv 1) used for saying that you are not certain whether something is true I haven t seen them for months – perhaps they ve moved away.[/ex] There were perhaps a dozen women in the audience.[/ex] 2) spoken used when you are making a… …

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  • 12perhaps —   Paha, pēlā paha, malia, malia paha, ā … paha, mali a, inā paha, mea paha. Rare: ano ai, māki a, malama, āpaha. Perhaps not, a ole paha.    ♦ Perhaps so, pēlā paha …

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  • 13perhaps — May May (m[=a]), v. [imp. {Might} (m[imac]t)] [AS. pres. m[ae]g I am able, pret. meahte, mihte; akin to D. mogen, G. m[ o]gen, OHG. mugan, magan, Icel. mega, Goth. magan, Russ. moche. [root]103. Cf. {Dismay}, {Main} strength, {Might}. The old imp …

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  • 14perhaps — /peuhr haps /, adv. maybe; possibly: Perhaps the package will arrive today. [1520 30; earlier perhappes, perhapis by haps. See PER, HAP1, S1] * * * …

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  • 15perhaps — [16] The phrase by hap or by haps ‘by chance’ originated in the 14th century (hap ‘chance’, a borrowing from Old Norse, now survives in the derived happen). In the 16th century it was transformed into perhaps on the model of perchance [14] and… …

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  • 16perhaps — adverb perhaps they ll get married Syn: maybe, for all one knows, it could be, it may be, it s possible, possibly, conceivably; literary peradventure, perchance …

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  • 17perhaps — /pəˈhæps / (say puh haps), /præps / (say praps) adverb 1. maybe; possibly. 2. Rare by chance: unless, perhaps, you are going that way yourself? {Middle English par happes by chances} …

  • 18perhaps — [16] The phrase by hap or by haps ‘by chance’ originated in the 14th century (hap ‘chance’, a borrowing from Old Norse, now survives in the derived happen). In the 16th century it was transformed into perhaps on the model of perchance [14] and… …

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  • 19perhaps — adverb by chance (Freq. 123) perhaps she will call tomorrow we may possibly run into them at the concert it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time • Syn: ↑possibly, ↑perchance, ↑maybe, ↑ …

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  • 20Perhaps Love — is also a song performed jointly by John Denver Plácido Domingo and by John Denver Lene Siel. Infobox Film name = Perhaps Love image size = caption = DVD cover of Perhaps Love director = Peter Chan producer = writer = narrator = starring =… …

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