possibility
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possibility
- /ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ UK
- /ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/ US
- [ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] US
Rhymes with -ɪlɪti
Where it comes from
From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity.
noun possibilities
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The quality of being possible.
'There is little possibility of that happening' 'I'd say there's rather a strongish possibility that it won't.'
Similar: possibleness
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A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possib
Similar: contingency
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An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
Mycelial lives are so other, their possibilities so strange.
Similar: choice, option, alternative, possibility, contingency
- Capability, power or capacity to act. VVere Iacke Strawe a liue againe, And I in as good poſſibility as euer I was, I would lay a ſurer trumpe, Ere I would loſe ſo faire a tricke.
Similar: chance, contingency, contingent, eventuality, possibility, potentiality · Opposite: impossibility, sure thing
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: possibleness, hypothesis, opening, theory, possible action, eventuality, probability, likelihood, possible, likely, probable, can, assumption, potential, contingent, fact
noun
Similar: chance, contingency, contingent, eventuality, possibility, potentiality · Opposite: impossibility, sure thing
Translations
Every language
noun quality of being possible
| Español | posibilidad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 가능성 ganeungseong |
| 日本語 | 可能性 kanōsei |
| 中文 | 可能性 kěnéngxìng |
| हिन्दी | संभावना sambhāvnā |
| Kiswahili | uweza, uwezekano |
| Português | possibilidade |
| Français | possibilité |
| Deutsch | Möglichkeit |
| Italiano | possibilità |
| Ελληνικά | δυνατότητα dynatótita, πιθανότητα pithanótita |
| Română | posibilitate |
| Русский | возмо́жность vozmóžnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | sự có thể, khả năng |
| العربية | اِحْتِمَال iḥtimāl |
| עברית | אֶפְשָׁרוּת efsharút |
noun a thing possible; that which may take place or come into being
| Español | posibilidad |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | δυνατότητα dynatótita |
| Română | posibil, posibilă |
| العربية | إِمْكَانِيَّة ʔimkāniyya |
| עברית | אֶפְשָׁרוּת efsharút |
noun option or choice, usually used in context with future events
| Español | posibilidad |
|---|---|
| Italiano | opportunità |
| Ελληνικά | επιλογή epilogí |
| العربية | إِمْكَانِيَّة ʔimkāniyya |
| עברית | אֶפְשָׁרוּת efsharút |
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title = {possibility},
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