possibility

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a future prospect or potential
    capability of existing or happening or being true
    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 possible alternative

Word Origin

possibility (n.)
late 14c., "condition of being possible," from Old French possibilité (13c.) and directly from Latin possibilitatem (nom. possibilitas) "possibility," from possibilis (see possible (adj.)). Meaning "a possible thing or substance" is from c. 1400. Related: Possibilities.

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Example

1. But for the future we do not exclude any possibility .
2. We don 't fret about the possibility of a military coup , or an invasion by a foreign power .
3. But on some trading desks , the possibility of a default is starting to sink in .
4. Tom cardella , ceo of tenth and blake , acknowledges it 's a possibility . "
5. The property cycle is one possibility .

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