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Possibility

noun

(pl. possibilities)

A future prospect or potential.

Capability of existing or happening or being true. Synonym: possibleness. Antonym: impossibility.

A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena. Synonyms: hypothesis, theory. "He proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"

A possible alternative. Synonyms: opening, possible action.

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"Possibility" Quotes from Famous Books

... the industry. With the January 2005 expiration of a WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, Cambodia-based textile producers are in direct competition with lower priced producing countries such as China and India. Faced with the possibility that over the next five years Cambodia may lose orders and some of the 250,000 well-paid jobs the industry provides, Cambodia has committed itself to a policy of continued support for high labor standards in an attempt to maintain favor with buyers. Tourism growth remains strong, with arrivals ...

— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... shrugged his shoulder and unloaded his pistols. In truth, the belief in the possibility of a coup d'etat had become humiliating. The supposition of such illegal violence on the part of M. Louis Bonaparte vanished upon serious consideration. The great question of the day was manifestly the Devincq election; it was clear that the Government was only thinking ...

— The History of a Crime - The Testimony of an Eye-Witness • Victor Hugo

... had, as early as October 29th, directed General Macomb to issue an order to Major Heileman, commanding the United States troops at Charleston, stating that "it is deemed necessary that the officers in the harbor of Charleston should be advised of the possibility of attempts being made to surprise, seize, and occupy the forts committed to them. You are therefore especially charged to use your utmost vigilance in counteracting such attempts. You will call personally on ...

— General Scott • General Marcus J. Wright

... men should fall to such conditions, and feel that it is a stigma on our social machinery that it should be so. Those two melancholy figures were a sad blot upon the wholesome countryside! Yet one may also discern a hope in the mere possibility of framing an ideal under such discouraging circumstances, which will be, I have no sort of doubt, a seed of good in the upward progress of the poor soul which grasped it; because indeed I have no doubt that the miserable creature is ...

— Joyous Gard • Arthur Christopher Benson

... an impressive scene, to witness the flames playing round the pedestals of the torsos, statues, and cases. I only waited for a few moments to make sure that my work was complete. I shut the iron door between the gallery and the hall to avoid the possibility of the fire spreading to the rest of the building. Then I seized Monteagle by the arm and hurried him through the rhododendrons, over the wall, into the meadows. I turned back once, and just caught a glimpse of red flame bursting through the windows. Having seen Monteagle ...

— Masques & Phases • Robert Ross

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