possibility
Nouns
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(n) a future prospect or potential
- this room has great possibilities
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(n) capability of existing or happening or being true
- there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired
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(n) a tentative insight into 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
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(n) a possible alternative
- bankruptcy is always a possibility