POSSIBILITY
\pˌɒsəbˈɪlɪti], \pˌɒsəbˈɪlɪti], \p_ˌɒ_s_ə_b_ˈɪ_l_ɪ_t_i]\
Definitions of POSSIBILITY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
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capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
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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"
By Princeton University
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a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
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capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.
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That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate.
By Oddity Software
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The fact or state of taking place or happening; that which may take place, or that which may be done; something likely.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
