Meaning of word perhaps

Perhaps the titrating element is involved in the initial mec-3 activation.

The yolk mass is still perhaps twice the volume of the head.

Perhaps an analogy here will be of use.

Perhaps, in the end, we are talking about a place which his mind did not want to go to.

Perhaps they are incapable of such an effort.

The prospect of slow (and perhaps in any case in the end ineluctable) catastrophe is extremely unlikely to exert the same bracing effect.

Not surprisingly, analysis has become a major methodological concern, and more structured and perhaps more efficient approaches to analysis have been developed.

Mental health is perhaps the most neglected area of health policy and programming.

Perhaps the exact same change could in principle be produced in you by precise neurosurgery, very far beyond the limits of present-day technique.

Large cloth-covered pots of cooked food were brought to perhaps entice us into going back.

Perhaps he would be able to finance his dam project with the canal’s revenues.

Hundreds, perhaps thousands, died; and many more were imprisoned.

Perhaps more important, the unusual vanish stage direction is but one of several odd or even unique bits of stage business.

Perhaps it sometimes rains for a few seconds, perhaps at four the sun holds back a few minutes as though they were rearing horses.

The new clause is full of conditionals, qualifiers, maybes and perhapses.

perhaps

[pə’hæps]

1) Общая лексика: авось, весьма возможно, возможно, вполне возможно, говорить неуверенно, едва ли не, может быть, подвергать сомнению, пожалуй, предположение, разве, может

2) Математика: будем говорить, некоторая вероятность, скажем

3) Пословица: может быть (used as paren.)

4) Макаров: будьте добры , пожалуйста

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Смотреть что такое «perhaps» в других словарях:

• Perhaps — Per*haps , adv. [Per + hap chance.] By chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be. [1913 Webster] And pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. Acts viii. 22. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• perhaps — 1520s, formed from M.E. per, par by, through + plural of hap chance (see HAPPEN (Cf. happen)), on model of peradventure, perchance, etc. which now have been superseded by this word …   Etymology dictionary

• perhaps — [adv] possibly as it may be, as the case may be, conceivably, feasibly, for all one knows, imaginably, it may be, maybe, perchance, reasonably; concept 552 Ant. improbably, never, unlikely …   New thesaurus

• perhaps — ► ADVERB 1) expressing uncertainty or possibility. 2) used when making a polite request or suggestion. ORIGIN from PER(Cf. ↑per) + HAP(Cf. ↑H) …   English terms dictionary

• perhaps — [pər haps′] adv. [ PER1 + haps, pl. of HAP1] possibly; maybe …   English World dictionary

• perhaps — [[t]pə(r)hæ̱ps, præ̱ps[/t]] ♦ 1) ADV: ADV with cl/group (vagueness) You use perhaps to express uncertainty, for example, when you do not know that something is definitely true, or when you are mentioning something that may possibly happen in the… …   English dictionary

• perhaps — per|haps [ pər hæps ] adverb *** Perhaps can be used in the following ways: as a sentence adverb (making a comment on the whole sentence or clause): Perhaps we ve met before. as an ordinary adverb (before a number): He was perhaps 95. 1. ) used… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• perhaps */*/*/ — UK [pə(r)ˈhæps] / US [pərˈhæps] adverb Summary: Perhaps can be used in the following ways: as a sentence adverb (making a comment on the whole sentence or clause): Perhaps we ve met before. as an ordinary adverb (before a number): He was perhaps… …   English dictionary

• perhaps — per|haps W1S2 [pəˈhæps, præps US pər , præps] adv [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: per + haps, plural of hap chance (13 20 centuries) ( HAPPY)] 1.) used to say that something may be true, but you are not sure = ↑maybe ▪ Perhaps she s next door. ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• perhaps — adverb 1 possibly; maybe: This is perhaps her finest novel yet. | Perhaps she s next door. | Do you think Mark s upset? Perhaps. | perhaps not: Do you think I dare ask him? Perhaps not. 2 used to say that a number is only a guess: The room was… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• perhaps*/*/*/ — [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… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

Adverb

perhaps we will not have to take this exam, but I doubt it

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