| possibility | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. possibility | a future prospect or potential.; "this room has great possibilities" |
| ~ expectation, outlook, prospect | belief about (or mental picture of) the future. |
| n. (state) | 2. possibility, possibleness | capability of existing or happening or being true.; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired" |
| ~ being, beingness, existence | the state or fact of existing.; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" |
| ~ conceivability, conceivableness | the state of being conceivable. |
| ~ achievability, attainability, attainableness | the state of being achievable. |
| ~ potential, potentiality, potency | the inherent capacity for coming into being. |
| ~ chance, opportunity | a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances.; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. hypothesis, possibility, theory | 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" |
| ~ concept, conception, construct | an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances. |
| ~ hypothetical | a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc..; "consider the following, just as a hypothetical" |
| ~ gemmule | the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity. |
| ~ framework, model, theoretical account | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process.; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems" |
| ~ conjecture, speculation | a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence).; "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture" |
| ~ supposal, assumption, supposition | a hypothesis that is taken for granted.; "any society is built upon certain assumptions" |
| ~ theory | a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena.; "theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses"; "true in fact and theory" |
| ~ historicism | a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. opening, possibility, possible action | a possible alternative.; "bankruptcy is always a possibility" |
| ~ alternative, option, choice | one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen.; "what option did I have?"; "there no other alternative"; "my only choice is to refuse" |
| ~ possible | something that can be done.; "politics is the art of the possible" |
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