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possibility (n.)
1.a possible alternative"bankruptcy is always a possibility"
2.a tentative insight into 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 t..."
3.a future prospect or potential"this room has great possibilities"
4.capability of existing or happening or being true"there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
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Merriam Webster
PossibilityPos`si*bil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Possibilities (#). [F. possibilité, 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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⇨ definición de possibility (Wikipedia)
possibility (n.)
chance, contingency, feasibility, hazard, hypothesis, likelihood, occasion, odds, opening, opportunity, plausibility, possible action, possibleness, potentiality, predisposition, probability, prospect, theory
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possibility (n.)
⇨ Condition of possibility • Consumption-possibility frontier • Epistemic possibility • General Possibility Theorem • Logical possibility • Possibility (disambiguation) • Possibility Pictures • Possibility Playground • Possibility theory • Production-possibility frontier • Random match possibility • Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation • Subjunctive possibility • The New Possibility • The Possibility and the Promise • The Possibility of Evil • The Possibility of Hope • The Possibility of a Mole (Spooks) • The Possibility of an Island • The Realm of Possibility (novel) • This Could Be a Possibility • Utility-possibility frontier
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Look up possibility, possible, or possibly in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Possibility is the condition or fact of being possible. The Latin origins of the word hint at ability. Possibility also refers to something that "could happen", that is not precluded by the facts, but usually not probable. Impossible denotes that something cannot happen or be done.
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