English > possibility: 4 senses > noun 2, state| Meaning | 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, cognition| Meaning | 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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