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- [pos-uh-bil-i-tee]
- /ˌpɒs əˈbɪl ɪ ti/
- /ˌpɒs.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pos-uh-bil-i-tee]
- /ˌpɒs əˈbɪl ɪ ti/
Definitions of possibilities word
- noun plural possibilities the state or fact of being possible: the possibility of error. 1
- noun plural possibilities something possible: He had exhausted every possibility but one. 1
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Origin of possibilities
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English possibilite < Late Latin possibilitās. See possible, -ity
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Parts of speech for Possibilities
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
possibilities popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
possibilities usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for possibilities
noun possibilities
- field — Cyrus West, 1819–92, U.S. financier: projector of the first Atlantic cable.
- avenues — Plural form of avenue.
- capabilities — the quality of being capable; capacity; ability: His capability was unquestionable.
- contingencies — dependence on chance or on the fulfillment of a condition; uncertainty; fortuitousness: Nothing was left to contingency.
- courses — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
Antonyms for possibilities
noun possibilities
- criteria — a standard of judgment or criticism; a rule or principle for evaluating or testing something.
- impossibilities — Plural form of impossibility.
- impossible — not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
Top questions with possibilities
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- what does a country's production possibilities depend on?
- a production possibilities frontier shifts outward when?
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- what is the production possibilities curve?
- how does the production possibilities frontier illustrate production efficiency?
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