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PERHAPS
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
By chance
Example:
it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time
Synonyms:
maybe; mayhap; peradventure; perchance; perhaps; possibly
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Context examples:
Perhaps the two parts of comet 67P/C-G will one day separate completely.
(Rosetta Comet May Be a Contact Binary, NASA)
Perhaps it was something present in the environment where the cancer first arose.
(The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas, University of Cambridge)
The researchers' proposed scenarios include uplift of the terrain and changes in sea level, or perhaps both.
(Cassini Finds Flooded Canyons on Titan, NASA)
Encoded by human BCPR Gene, BCPR Protein appears to be associated with expression of p53, perhaps regulating its expression.
(BCPR Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
Then the servant was greatly frightened, and said, “It may perhaps be only a cat or a dog.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
A study led researchers to suggest that a gene variant may be the key, perhaps providing a new direction toward developing a treatment.
(Unique case of disease resistance reveals possible Alzheimer’s treatment, National Institutes of Health)
“Why,” said I, glancing up at my companion, “that was surely the bell. Who could come to-night? Some friend of yours, perhaps?”
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It will not be for long, perhaps.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
If you trust me not, then I must tell what I think; and that is not perhaps well.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
“I may be taken off by some passing vessel, perhaps,” she suggested.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
