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
maybe — an adverb meaning ‘perhaps’, is such a familiar part of current standard English that it comes as a surprise to know that it fell out of use in the 19c to an extent that caused the OED to label it ‘archaic and dialect’. It has a somewhat informal … Modern English usage
Maybe — May be, adv. [For it may be.] Perhaps; possibly; peradventure. [1913 Webster] Maybe the amorous count solicits her. Shak. [1913 Webster] In a liberal and, maybe, somewhat reckless way. Tylor. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
maybe, may be — Maybe is an adverb meaning possibly, perhaps : Maybe it will snow tonight. May be is a verb phrase, two words that express possibility or likelihood: It may be that it will snow tonight … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
maybe then — perhaps then, maybe at that time … English contemporary dictionary
maybe — [adv] possibly as it may be, can be, conceivable, conceivably, could be, credible, feasible, imaginably, it could be, might be, obtainable, perchance, perhaps, weather permitting; concept 552 Ant. certainly, definitely, surely … New thesaurus
maybe — ► ADVERB ▪ perhaps; possibly … English terms dictionary
maybe — [mā′bē] adv. [ME (for it may be)] perhaps … English World 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 — [pər haps′] adv. [ PER1 + haps, pl. of HAP1] possibly; maybe … English World dictionary
