perhaps
by chance
How often you will meet it
Rank 238 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 93,231 times across 155,552 chapters — 0.044% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adverb
- by chance also: possibly, perchance, maybe, mayhap, peradventure perhaps she will call tomorrowwe may possibly run into them at the concert
perhaps in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Perhaps some other inn will shelter you.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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It's a bore, but perhaps it will pay.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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Perhaps it was not so reckless, after all.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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Perhaps she did not seek it--perhaps she dared not.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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It is, perhaps, the most critical single day of the four years' course at the University.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1