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# peradventure

«peradventure» in Mova's school dictionary: **Perhaps, maybe; a word from old stories, used when…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (old use)

### meaning for a pupil

Perhaps, maybe; a word from old stories, used when someone is not sure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peradventure/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old tales a way of saying perhaps, often in a warning or a wish

### examples

- Whenever I go against the wind my eyes will water, and peradventure my head will burn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peradventure/#x1)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Peradventure ten shall be found there.' And He said: 'I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.477/)
- [And I said unto my master: Peradventure the woman will not follow me.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.660/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «peradventure» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/peradventure/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.