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Synonyms for possibility

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pos-uh-bil-i-tee
Phonetic Transcription : ˌpɒs əˈbɪl ɪ ti

Top 10 synonyms for possibility
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Définition of possibility

Origin :
  • late 14c., "condition of being possible," from Old French possibilité (13c.) and directly from Latin possibilitatem (nom. possibilitas) "possibility," from possibilis (see possible (adj.)). Meaning "a possible thing or substance" is from c.1400. Related: Possibilities.
  • noun feasibility, likelihood; chance
Example sentences :
  • But things are unbearable just until we have them to bear; their possibility comes with them.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Difficulties to conquer can only exist side by side with the possibility of not conquering them.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I almost think he was unaware of the possibility of doing otherwise.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She could not allude to such things without at least a possibility of response.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Then it would be doubly hard to Mart to have had the possibility suggested.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • As a matter of exact reasoning, that is quite within the measure of possibility.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Now the possibility had not once suggested itself to his mind.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • As to the possibility, however, the authorities are at loggerheads.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • Miss Baker talked persistently about Bermuda; as if my exile had ever been a possibility!
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • In those days there was no possibility of buying all sorts of music ready printed.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent

Antonyms for possibility

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