transcription, транскрипция: [ pɒsɪb(ə)l ]
( possibles)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If it is possible to do something, it can be done.
If it is possible to find out where your brother is, we shall...
Everything is possible if we want it enough...
This morning he had tried every way possible to contact her...
It’s been a beautiful evening and you have made it all possible.
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft it v-link ADJ to-inf
2.
A possible event is one that might happen.
He referred the matter to the Attorney General for possible action against several newspapers...
Her family is discussing a possible move to America...
One possible solution, if all else fails, is to take legal action...
ADJ : usu ADJ n
3.
If you say that it is possible that something is true or correct, you mean that although you do not know whether it is true or correct, you accept that it might be.
It is possible that there’s an explanation for all this...
= conceivable
ADJ : v-link ADJ , oft it v-link ADJ that [ vagueness ]
4.
If you do something as soon as possible , you do it as soon as you can. If you get as much as possible of something, you get as much of it as you can.
Please make your decision as soon as possible...
I want to learn as much as possible about the industry so that I’m better prepared...
Michael sat down as far away from her as possible...
ADJ : as adv / pron as ADJ
5.
You use possible with superlative adjectives to emphasize that something has more or less of a quality than anything else of its kind.
They have joined the job market at the worst possible time...
He is doing the best job possible.
ADJ : adj-superl ADJ n , adj-superl n ADJ [ emphasis ]
6.
You use possible in expressions such as ‘ if possible ’ and ‘ if at all possible ’ when stating a wish or intention, to show that although this is what you really want, you may have to accept something different.
I need to see you, right away if possible.
...the moral duty to uphold peace if at all possible.
ADJ [ politeness ]
7.
If you describe someone as, for example, a possible Prime Minister, you mean that they may become Prime Minister.
Bradley has been considered a possible presidential contender himself.
= potential
ADJ : ADJ n
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Possible is also a noun.
Kennedy, who divorced wife Joan in 1982, was tipped as a presidential possible...
N-COUNT
8.
The possible is everything that can be done in a situation.
He is a democrat with the skill, nerve, and ingenuity to push the limits of the possible.
N-SING : the N