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per·haps [ pər háps, pə ráps ] CORE MEANING: an adverb expressing uncertainty, or indicating that something is possibly true or may possibly happen, often used to make remarks appear less definite
Perhaps it will be warmer later.
He wondered if perhaps he had figured things wrong.
Perhaps his best-known ceramic work is his public mural "Voyage."


adverb 
Definition:
 
approximately: used to show approximation
The house is perhaps five miles from here.

[15th century. <per "by" + plural of hap1 "chance"]
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