POSSIBILITY


Meaning of POSSIBILITY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɒsɪbɪlɪti ]

( possibilities)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

If you say there is a possibility that something is the case or that something will happen, you mean that it might be the case or it might happen.

We were not in the least worried about the possibility that sweets could rot the teeth...

Tax on food has become a very real possibility.

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2.

A possibility is one of several different things that could be done.

The government now owns a lot of our land–one possibility would be to compensate us with other property...

There were several possibilities open to each manufacturer.

= option

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