possibility

pos·si·bil·i·ty

noun \ˌpä-sə-ˈbi-lə-tē\

plural pos·si·bil·i·ties

Definition of POSSIBILITY

1

: the condition or fact of being possible

2

archaic : one's utmost power, capacity, or ability

3

: something that is possible

4

: potential or prospective value —usually used in plural <the house had great possibilities>

Examples of POSSIBILITY

1. There is a strong possibility that I will not be chosen for the job.
2. Have you considered the possibility that you may be wrong?
3. My first two ideas didn't work, but I thought of a third possibility.
4. The future holds untold possibilities.
5. His degree and job experience give him a wide range of possibilities for a career.
6. a man of undetermined possibilities
7. The old house might not look like much now, but it has possibilities.

First Known Use of POSSIBILITY

14th century

Related to POSSIBILITY

Synonyms: capability, eventuality, potential, potentiality, prospect

Related Words: likelihood, probability; latency, potency

Near Antonyms: actuality, reality; certainty

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Rhymes with POSSIBILITY

actability, affability, arability, audibility, bankability, bearability, biddability, breathability, brushability, capability, changeability, clubbability, coilability, contractility, countability, credibility, crossability, culpability, curability, cutability, disability, disutility, drapability, drillability, drinkability, drivability, durability, dyeability, edibility, equability, erectility, fallibility, feasibility, fishability, flammability, flexibility, forgeability, formability, frangibility, friability, fungibility, fusibility, gullibility, hatchability, ignobility, imbecility, immobility, inability, incivility, indocility, infantility, infertility, instability, inutility, juvenility, leachability, legibility, liability, likability, livability, lovability, mailability, meltability, miscibility, movability, mutability, notability, packability, placability, plausibility, playability, pliability, portability, potability, pregnability, prehensility, printability, probability, puerility, readability, rentability, risibility, roadability, salability, sensibility, sewability, shareability, sociability, solubility, solvability, spreadability, squeezability, stainability, stretchability, suitability, tenability, testability, traceability, trainability, treatability, tunability, usability, vendibility, versatility, viability, visibility, volatility, washability, wearability, wettability, workability