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   possibility

   /ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪti/

   noun

   • 1. a thing that may happen or be the case: "relegation remains a distinct possibility" Similar chancelikelihoodprobabilityprospecthoperiskhazarddangerfear
   • ▪ the state or fact of being possible; likelihood: "there is no possibility of any government achieving this level of expenditure" Similar feasibilitypracticabilitychancesoddsattainabilityachievabilitypotentialityconceivabilityprobabilityopportunityscoperare:workableness
   • ▪ a thing that may be chosen or done out of several possible alternatives: "one possibility is to allow all firms to participate" Similar optionalternativechoicecourse of actionsolutionrecourseinformal:bet
   • ▪ unspecified qualities of a promising nature; potential: "the house was old but it had possibilities" Similar potentialpotentialitypromiseprospectscapabilityabilityaptitudecapacityinformal:what it takes

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French possibilite, from late Latin possibilitas, from possibilis ‘able to be done’ (see possible).

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