possibility Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a future prospect or potential
    • this room has great possibilities
  2. noun capability of existing or happening or being true
    possibleness.
    • there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired
  3. noun a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
    hypothesis; theory.
    • a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
    • he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices
  4. noun a possible alternative
    possible action; opening.
    • bankruptcy is always a possibility

WordNet

Pos`si*bil"i*ty noun
Etymology
F. possibilité, L. possibilitas.
Wordforms
plural Possibilities
Definitions
  1. The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing. "All possibility of error." Hooker. "Latent possibilities of excellence." Johnson.
  2. That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate. South. Burrill.

Webster 1913