English to English noun
1 |
a future prospect or potential | Example:
• this room has great possibilities
source: wordnet30
2 |
capability of existing or happening or being true | Example:
• there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired
source: wordnet30
3 |
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena | Example:
• 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
source: wordnet30 Example:
• bankruptcy is always a possibility
source: wordnet30
5 |
The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing. | source: webster1913
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