possibility
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< Middle English possibilitee < Old French possibilite < Late Latin possibilitas (“‘possibility’”) < Latin possibilis (“‘possible’”); see possible.
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possibility (plural possibilities)
- The quality of being possible.
- A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
- An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
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- option
- choice
- contingency
- See also Wikisaurus:option
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- possibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- possibility in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911