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possibility   (TTS Sound)

The noun possibility has 4 senses

• possibility -- (a future prospect or potential; "this room has great possibilities")


• possibility, possibleness -- (capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired")


• hypothesis, possibility, theory -- (a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "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")


• possibility, possible action, opening -- (a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility")