Meaning of POSSIBILITY
| Pronunciation: | | `pâsu'bilitee
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- [n] a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
- [n] a tentative theory about the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"
- [n] a future prospect or potential; "this room has great possibilities"
- [n] capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
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| | Synonyms: | | hypothesis, opening, possible action, possibleness, theory |
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| | Antonyms: | | impossibility, impossibleness | | |
| | See Also: | | achievability, alternative, assumption, attainability, attainableness, being, beingness, chance, choice, conceivability, conceivableness, concept, conception, conjecture, construct, existence, expectation, framework, model, opportunity, option, outlook, possible, potency, potential, potentiality, prospect, speculation, supposal, supposition, theoretical account | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Possibilities}. [F.
possibilit['e], L. possibilitas.]
1. The quality or state of being possible; the power of
happening, being, or existing. ``All possibility of
error.'' --Hooker. ``Latent possibilities of excellence.''
--Johnson.
2. That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event
that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or
personal estate. --South. Burrill.
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| | Related Terms: | | admissibility, aptitude, aptness, best bet, capacity, chance, conceivability, contingency, delitescence, dormancy, eventuality, favorable prospect, feasibility, good chance, good opportunity, good possibility, latency, latent content, latent meaningfulness, latentness, liability, liableness, likelihood, likeliness, main chance, obligation, odds, odds-on, odds-on chance, opportunity, plausibility, possibilities, potential, potentiality, probability, promise, proneness, prospect, sporting chance, sure bet, sure thing, virtuality, weakness, well-grounded hope |
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