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praps

praps is the contraction of perhaps.

Meaning of perhaps

Adverb

perhaps (not comparable)

  1. Possibly.
    • Perhaps John will come over for dinner.
  2. (dated) By chance.
    • […] will live until he dies perhaps, and then lie down in clover.c. 1850, “Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl”

See all 3 meanings of perhaps

Forms of praps

alternative formp'r'aps
alternative formp'raps

Origin of praps

Pronunciation spelling of perhaps.

Questions about praps

What is praps the contraction of?
Praps is the contraction of perhaps.

Words near praps in the dictionary

  1. praobdellids
  2. praos
  3. Praphulla
  4. praporshchik
  5. praporshchiks
  6. praps
  7. Prapti
  8. Prarthana
  9. prasad
  10. prasada
  11. prasadam

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Adapted from Wiktionary: praps (page history and authors); perhaps (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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