perhaps

English - Turkish

Definition of perhaps in English Turkish dictionary

belki

Belki öğleden sonra yağmur yağacak. - Perhaps it will rain in the afternoon.

Belki iki saat boyunca ders çalıştım. - I studied for perhaps two hours.

muhtemelen

Muhtemelen Tom'un onu yapmaması gerekir. - Perhaps Tom shouldn't do that.

Tom muhtemelen uyuyor. - Perhaps Tom is sleeping.

bir ihtimal

Bir ihtimal bunu benim için çevirir misin? - Could you perhaps translate that for me?

perhaps, maybe

belki, belki

perhaps; by chance

belki; tesadüfen

perhaps neurosis

(Pisikoloji, Ruhbilim) belki nevrozu

possibly

belki

Fukushima Daiichi tesisindeki temizlik, yıllar belki de on yıllar sürebilir. - The cleanup at the Fukushima Daiichi plant could take years, possibly decades.

Belki öğle yemeği yapamam. - I can't possibly make lunch.

possibly

imkân dahilinde

possibly; perhaps

Belki bana yardımcı olabilirsiniz? - Can you possibly help me?

Söylediği muhtemelen doğru olabilirdi. - What he said could possibly be true.

possibly

belki/imkan dahilinde

English - English

Definition of perhaps in English English dictionary

Modifies a verb, indicating a lack of certainty

possibly

by chance; "perhaps she will call tomorrow"; "we may possibly run into them at the concert"; "it may peradventure be thought that there never was such a time"

You can say perhaps as a response to a question or remark, when you do not want to agree or accept, but think that it would be rude to disagree or refuse. `I'm sure we can make it,' he says. Perhaps, but it will not be easy

vagueness You use perhaps in opinions and remarks to make them appear less definite or more polite. Perhaps the most important lesson to be learned is that you simply cannot please everyone His very last paintings are perhaps the most puzzling Do you perhaps disapprove of Agatha Christie and her Poirot and Miss Marple?

{a} perchance, peradventure, it may be

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 future in the way you describe. Millson regarded her thoughtfully. Perhaps she was right In the end they lose millions, perhaps billions It was bulky, perhaps three feet long and almost as high Perhaps, in time, the message will get through They'd come soon, perhaps when the radio broadcast was over. = maybe

maybe; possibly; could be

By chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be

politeness You use perhaps when you are making suggestions or giving advice. Perhaps is also used in formal English to introduce requests. Perhaps I may be permitted a few suggestions Well, perhaps you'll come and see us at our place?

maybe

Maybe the only one here who can do that is Tom. - Perhaps the only one here who can do that is Tom.

Maybe this is all you have left to do. - Perhaps this is all you have left to do.

I tried to see if I could tell by his looks which way he had decided but I couldn't, and I thought praps it would be a good time to ask him and find out.

perh

perhaps