English > possibility: 4 senses > noun 2, stateMeaning | capability of existing or happening / happening / happening or being true. |
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Example | "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired" |
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Synonym | possibleness |
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Attributes | impossible | not capable of occurring or being accomplished / accomplished or dealt with |
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possible | capable of happening / happening or existing |
Narrower | achievability, attainability, attainableness | The state of being achievable |
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conceivableness, conceivability | The state of being conceivable |
opportunity, chance | A possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances |
potential, potentiality, potency | The inherent capacity for coming into being |
Broader | being, beingness, existence, face of the earth | The state or fact of existing |
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Opposite | impossibility, impossibleness | incapability of existing or occurring |
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Spanish | posibilidad |
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Catalan | possibilitat |
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Adjectives | possible | capable of happening / happening or existing |
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English > possibility: 4 senses > noun 3, cognitionMeaning | A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena. |
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Synonyms | hypothesis, theory |
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Part of | theory | A well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world |
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Narrower | assumption, supposition, supposal | A hypothesis that is taken for granted |
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gemmule | The physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity |
historicism | A theory that social and cultural events are determined by history |
hypothetical | A hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement / statement, proposal, situation, etc. |
model, theoretical account, framework | A hypothetical description of a complex entity or process |
speculation, conjecture | A hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) |
Broader | concept, conception, construct | An abstract or general idea inferred / inferred / inferred / inferred or derived from specific instances |
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Spanish | hipótesis, posibilidad, teoría |
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Catalan | hipòtesi, teoria |
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