Possibility Meaning
/ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe quality of being possible.
nounA thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
Sentence Examples
But the possibility seems unlikely.
The chairman did not rule out the possibility of a disagreement.
Bankruptcy is a real possibility if sales don't improve.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Given the dark clouds, there is a strong ____ of rain later today.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There is a real ____ that the project will be completed ahead of schedule if the team stays focused.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete."
— 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
"Mycelial lives are so other, their possibilities so strange."
— 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 76:
"VVere Iacke Strawe a liue againe,
And I in as good poſſibility as euer I was,
I would lay a ſurer trumpe,
Ere I would loſe ſo faire a tricke."
— 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act IV:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Given the dark clouds, there is a strong ____ of rain later today.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There is a real ____ that the project will be completed ahead of schedule if the team stays focused.