possibility
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(noun) a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility" |
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Synonyms: opening, possible action |
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Related Words: alternative, choice, option, possible |
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(noun) a future prospect or potential; "this room has great possibilities" |
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Related Words: expectation, outlook, prospect |
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(noun) capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired" |
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Synonyms: possibleness |
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Related Words: achievability, attainability, attainableness, being, beingness, chance, conceivability, conceivableness, existence, opportunity, potency, potential, potentiality |
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Antonyms: impossibility |
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(noun) a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" |
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Synonyms: hypothesis, theory |
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Related Words: assumption, concept, conception, conjecture, construct, framework, model, speculation, supposition, theoretical account |
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