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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəˈtʃɑːns/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pɚˈtʃæns/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pər chans′, -chäns′)

per•chance /pɚˈtʃæns/USA pronunciation adv.

perhaps;
maybe;
possibly.

per•chance (pər chans′, -chäns′),USA pronunciation adv.

[Literary.]perhaps;
maybe;
possibly.
[Archaic.]by chance.

Anglo-French. See per, chance
Middle English, variant of par chance by chance 1300–50

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perchance /pəˈtʃɑːns/ adv archaic or poetic

perhaps; possibly
by chance; accidentally

Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-French par chance; see per, chance

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