Hypertext Webster Gateway: "possibility"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Possibility \Pos`si*bil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Possibilities}. [F.
possibilit['e], L. possibilitas.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
possibility
n 1: a future prospect or potential; "this room has great
possibilities"
2: capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is
a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
[syn: {possibleness}] [ant: {impossibility}]
3: a tentative theory about 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" [syn: {hypothesis}, {theory}]
4: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
[syn: {possible action}, {opening}]
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