About The Word Possibility
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Possibility
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What's The Definition Of Possibility?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Possibility: hypothesis | opening | possible action | possibleness | theory Related Terms | Find terms related to Possibility: 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 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 Possibility In Webster's Dictionary \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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