possibility (ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
)
Definitions
noun
- the state or condition of being possible
- anything that is possible
- a competitor, candidate, etc, who has a moderately good chance of winning, being chosen, etc
- (often plural) a future prospect or potential ⇒
my new house has great possibilities
Quotations
"Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities"
Translations
- British English:
possibility
If you say there is a possibility that something is the case or that something will happen, you mean that it might be the case or it might happen.Tax on food has become a very real possibility.ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ NOUN Tax on food has become a very real possibility.
- Spanish:
posibilidad
nf
- French:
possibilité
nf
- German:
Möglichkeit
nf
- Chinese: 可能性 n
- Arabic: إِمْكَانِيَّة n
- Portuguese: possibilidade nf
- Russian: возможность nf
- Croatian: mogućnost nf
- Czech: možnost nf
- Danish: mulighed nutr
- Dutch: mogelijkheid nf
- Finnish: mahdollisuus n
- Greek: δυνατότητα nf
- Italian: possibilità nf
- Japanese: 可能性 n
- Korean: 가능성 n
- Norwegian: mulighet nm
- Polish: możliwość nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: possibilidade nf
- European Spanish:
posibilidad
nf
- Swedish: möjlighet nutr
- Thai: ความเป็นไปได้ n
- Turkish: olasılık n
- Vietnamese: khả năng n
Usage examples
Of course, there was always the possibility that Mogget was lying.
, LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)Doesn't the possibility of hitting a wall freak you out sometimes?
Maxim (2005)It is only by engagement that reconciliation can become a possibility.
Irish Times (2002)There is, therefore, no possibility of testing such a system in an exhaustive way.
Glasgow Herald (2001)In the last years of his life, he devoted much energy to the possibility of establishing a channel of communication with the dead.
, HEAVEN: A Traveller's Guide to the Undiscovered Country (2002)