possibility meaning

• Noun: possibility  `pósu'bilitee
  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"
     - possibleness 
  3. A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
     - hypothesis, theory 
  4. A possible alternative
     "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
     - possible action, opening

  Derived forms: possibilities

  See also: impossible, possible

  Type of: alternative, being, beingness, choice, concept, conception, construct, existence, expectation, option, outlook, prospect

  Antonym: impossibility

  Part of: theory

  Encyclopedia: Possibility

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  [Law]
  n. (in land law) An interest in land that depends on the occurrence of an uncertain future event. A bare possibility, such as a spes successionis, i.e.a person's expectation of inheriting land under the will of a testator who is still alive (i.e. depending on the testator dying without having revoked the will), confers no legal or equitable interest. A possibility coupled with an interest (e.g.B's rights under a conveyance "to A for life, and if C living at A's death then to B") can be transferred by will or by deed. See also POSSIBILITY OF REVERTER; TENANT IN TAIL AFTER POSSIBILITY OF ISSUE EXTINCT.

• possibility of reverter:    [Law]The interest ...
• boundary, production possibility:    [Economics]See pro ...
• consumption possibility line:    [Economics]See bud ...

Examples

1. the possibilities are practically endless.
2. let us confine ourselves to possibilities.
3. i never consider the possibility of defeat.
4. there was little possibility of compromise.
5. its possibilities have vastly expanded.