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possibilities

Syllables: pos·si·bil·i·tiesUK/ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.tiz//ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.tiz/

possibilities is the plural of possibility.

Meaning of possibility

Noun

possibility (countable and uncountable, plural possibilities)

  1. The quality of being possible.
    • 'There is little possibility of that happening' 'I'd say there's rather a strongish possibility that it won't.'
    Synonyms:
    possibleness
  2. A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
    • Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the...2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845
    Synonyms:
    contingency
  3. An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
    • Mycelial lives are so other, their possibilities so strange.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 76
  4. (obsolete) Capability, power or capacity to act.
    • VVere Iacke Strawe a liue againe,
      And I in as good poſſibility as euer I was,
      I would lay a ſurer trumpe,
      Ere I would loſe ſo faire a tricke.1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act IV

Phrases with possibilities

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Questions about possibilities

What is possibilities the plural of?
Possibilities is the plural of possibility.
How do you pronounce possibilities?
Possibilities is pronounced /ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.tiz/ (UK).

Words near possibilities in the dictionary

  1. possibilists
  2. possibilitate
  3. possibilitated
  4. possibilitates
  5. possibilitating
  6. possibilities
  7. possibilities of reverter
  8. possibility
  9. possibility of reverter
  10. possibilium
  11. possible

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