ENGLISH: possibility - CREOLE: posiblite



Overview of noun possibility



The noun possibility has 4 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (21) possibility -- (a future prospect or potential; "this room has great possibilities")

2. (18) possibility, possibleness -- (capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired")

3. (12) hypothesis, possibility, theory -- (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 scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices")

4. (6) possibility, possible action, opening -- (a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility")

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