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Definition of peradventure in English: peradventureadverb pəːrədˈvɛntʃəˌp(ə)rədˈvɛntʃə humorous, archaic Perhaps. 或许，可能 peradventure I'm not as wealthy as he is 可能我不像他那么富有。 Example sentencesExamples - And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the Horses and Mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
- And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
- For they who find great fault say it is too much, whereas peradventure Truth would say after all, it is not yet enough.
- The story begins with Balak, king of the Moabites, entreating Balaam to ‘curse me this people for he is too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite him, and that I may drive him out of the land ’.
Synonyms perhaps, maybe, it could be, it may be, it is possible, it is conceivable, for all one knows, feasibly, very likely
noun pəːrədˈvɛntʃəˌp(ə)rədˈvɛntʃə mass nounhumorous, archaic Uncertainty or doubt as to whether something is the case. 疑惑，不确定 that shows beyond peradventure the strength of the economy 毫无疑问，那显示了经济的力量。 Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately in my view there is no universal test which will be applicable to all circumstances which will indicate clearly and beyond peradventure as to when judicial review is or is not available.
- One matter which seems to me to be clear beyond a peradventure is that the Act was designed to favour tenants by protecting them from any increase of rent which would otherwise have been caused by demand exceeding supply.
- All too often the most dyspeptic views of modern Scotland come from expatriate Scots who rarely choose to travel north of the Border, yet know beyond a peradventure that the country has gone disastrously downhill ever since they left.
- I have come to congratulate you that there has been a force behind you that will beyond any peradventure be triumphant and for which you can afford a little while to wait.
- Wherever it goes, we know, beyond peradventure, that more will be needed by the time it is built.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French per (or par) auenture 'by chance'. Definition of peradventure in US English: peradventureadverb humorous, archaic Perhaps. 或许，可能 peradventure I'm not as wealthy as he is 可能我不像他那么富有。 Example sentencesExamples - And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the Horses and Mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
- And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
- For they who find great fault say it is too much, whereas peradventure Truth would say after all, it is not yet enough.
- The story begins with Balak, king of the Moabites, entreating Balaam to ‘curse me this people for he is too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite him, and that I may drive him out of the land ’.
Synonyms perhaps, maybe, it could be, it may be, it is possible, it is conceivable, for all one knows, feasibly, very likely
noun humorous, archaic Uncertainty or doubt as to whether something is the case. 疑惑，不确定 that shows beyond peradventure the strength of the economy 毫无疑问，那显示了经济的力量。 Example sentencesExamples - All too often the most dyspeptic views of modern Scotland come from expatriate Scots who rarely choose to travel north of the Border, yet know beyond a peradventure that the country has gone disastrously downhill ever since they left.
- Unfortunately in my view there is no universal test which will be applicable to all circumstances which will indicate clearly and beyond peradventure as to when judicial review is or is not available.
- Wherever it goes, we know, beyond peradventure, that more will be needed by the time it is built.
- One matter which seems to me to be clear beyond a peradventure is that the Act was designed to favour tenants by protecting them from any increase of rent which would otherwise have been caused by demand exceeding supply.
- I have come to congratulate you that there has been a force behind you that will beyond any peradventure be triumphant and for which you can afford a little while to wait.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French per (or par) auenture ‘by chance’. |