possibility
nounEtymology
From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity.
- derived from possibilis
- derived from possibilitās
- derived from possibilite
- derived from possibilité
- inherited from possibilite
Definitions
The quality of being possible.
- 'There is little possibility of that happening' 'I'd say there's rather a strongish possibility that it won't.
A thing possible
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
- Mycelial lives are so other, their possibilities so strange.
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Capability, power or capacity to act.
- VVere Iacke Strawe a liue againe, And I in as good poſſibility as euer I was, I would lay a ſurer trumpe, Ere I would loſe ſo faire a tricke.
The neighborhood
- synonymchance
- synonymcontingency
- synonymcontingent
- synonymeventuality
- synonympossibility
- synonympotentiality
- antonymimpossibility
- antonymsure thing
- neighborimpossibility
- neighborpossible
- neighborpotence
- neighborpotency
- neighborpotent
- neighborpotentate
- neighborpotential
- neighborpotentiality
- neighborpower
- neighborprobability
- neighboraccident
- neighboroccurrence
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at possibility. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at possibility. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at possibility
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA