possibility

English

Etymology

From Middle English possibilitee, from Old French possibilite, from Late Latin possibilitas (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible.

Pronunciation

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Noun

possibility (plural possibilities)

1. The quality of being possible.
2. A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
3. An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.

Synonyms

• option
• choice
• contingency
• See also Wikisaurus:option

Antonyms

• impossibility

Derived terms

• logical possibility
• possibility theory

Related terms

• impossibility
• possible
• potence
• potency
• potent
• potentate
• potential
• potentiality
• power

Translations

quality of being possible

Albanian: mundësi (sq) Arabic: احتمال (ar) (iħtimāl) m. Chinese: 可能性 (kěnéng xìng) Croatian: mogúćnōst (hr) f. Czech: možnost (cs) f. Danish: mulighed (da) c. Dutch: mogelijkheid (nl) f. Esperanto: eblo (eo), ebleco (eo) Finnish: mahdollisuus (fi) French: possibilité (fr) f. German: Möglichkeit (de) f. Greek: δυνατότητα (el) f. Hungarian: lehetőség (hu) Interlingua: possibilitate (ia)

Italian: possibilità (it) f. Japanese: 可能性 (ja) (かのうせい, kanō sei) Korean: 가능성 (ko) (ganeungseong) Lithuanian: galimybė (lt) f. Norwegian: mulighet (no) c. Persian: امکان (fa) (emkân) Polish: możliwość (pl) f. Portuguese: possibilidade (pt) f. Romanian: posibil (ro) n., posibilitate (ro) f. Russian: возможность (ru) (vozmóžnost’) f. Spanish: posibilidad (es) f. Swedish: möjlighet (sv) c. Volapük: mög (vo), mögod (vo)

a thing possible

Catalan: possibilitat (ca) f.

Spanish: posibilidad (es) f.

option

Catalan: possibilitat (ca) f.

Spanish: posibilidad (es) f.

External links

• possibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• possibility in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911