Definition of 'possibility'
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possibility in British English
nounWord forms: plural -ties
1.
the state or condition of being possible
2.
anything that is possible
3.
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possibility in American English
noun
1.
the quality or condition of being possible
2. Word forms: plural ˌpossiˈbilities
something that is possible
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ME possibilite < LL possibilitasWord Frequency
possibility in American English
(ˌpɑsəˈbɪlɪti)
nounWord forms: plural (for 2) -ties
SYNONYMS 1. chance, prospect, likelihood, odds.2.
something possible
He had exhausted every possibility but one
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British English: possibility
/ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ/ NOUN
If you say there is a possibility that something is true or that something will happen, you mean that it might be true or it might happen.
Tax on food has become a very real possibility.
- American English: possibility /pɒsɪˈbɪlɪti/
- Arabic: إِمْكَانِيَّة
- Brazilian Portuguese: possibilidade
- Chinese: 可能性
- Croatian: mogućnost
- Czech: možnost
- Danish: mulighed
- Dutch: mogelijkheid
- European Spanish: posibilidad
- Finnish: mahdollisuus
- French: possibilité
- German: Möglichkeit
- Greek: δυνατότητα
- Italian: possibilità
- Japanese: 可能性
- Korean: 가능성
- Norwegian: mulighet
- Polish: możliwość
- European Portuguese: possibilidade
- Romanian: posibilitate
- Russian: возможность
- Latin American Spanish: posibilidad
- Swedish: möjlighet
- Thai: ความเป็นไปได้
- Turkish: olasılık
- Ukrainian: можливість
- Vietnamese: khả năng
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