Definition of possibility

"possibility" in the noun sense

1. possibility

a future prospect or potential

"this room has great possibilities"

2. possibility, possibleness

capability of existing or happening or being true

"there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"

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"

4. possibility, possible action, opening

a possible alternative

"bankruptcy is always a possibility"

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Quotations for possibility

Possibly; in possibility.

Eloquence shows the power and possibility of man. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility. [ Amiel ]

Yes, death - the hourly possibility of it - death is the sublimity of life. [ Mountford ]

There is no human life so poor and small as not to hold many a divine possibility. [ James Martineau ]

We are haunted by an ideal life, and it is because we have within us the beginning and the possibility of it. [ Phillips Brooks ]

There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature; the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick. [ Sheridan ]

There can hardly, I believe, be imagined a more desirable pleasure than that of praise unmixed with any possibility of flattery. [ Steele ]

A cold-blooded learned man might, for anything I know, compose in his closet an eloquent book; but in public discourse, arising out of sudden occasions, he could by no possibility be eloquent. [ Erskine ]

Fame is a good so wholly foreign to our natures that we have no faculty in the soul adapted to it, nor any organ in the body to relish it; an object of desire placed out of the possibility of fruition. [ Addison ]

There is always the possibility of beauty where there is an unsealed human eye; of music where there is an unstopped human ear; and of inspiration where there is a receptive human spirit, a spirit standing before. [ C. H. Parkhurst ]

The more readily we admit the possibility of our own cherished convictions being mixed with error, the more vital and helpful whatever is right in them will become; and no error is so conclusively fatal as the idea that God will not allow us to err, though He has allowed all other men to do so. [ Ruskin ]

The man who makes a success of an important venture never waits for the crowd. He strikes out for himself. It takes nerve, it takes a great lot of grit; but the man that succeeds has both. Anyone can fail. The public admires the man who has enough confidence in himself to take a chance. These chances are the main things after all. The man who tries to succeed must expect to be criticised. Nothing important was ever done but the greater number consulted previously doubted the possibility. Success is the accomplishment of that which most people think can't be done. [ C. V. White ]

possibility in Scrabble®

The word possibility is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters possibility:

POSSIBILITY
(171)
POSSIBILITY
(171)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (7 words)

bossily, pistils, pistols, postils, stylops, tipsily, tylosis

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word possibility

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In possibility

POSSIBILITY
(171)
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(171)
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(114)
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possibility in Words With Friends™

The word possibility is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 20

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters possibility:

POSSIBILITY
(288)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (7 words)

bossily, pistils, pistols, postils, stylops, tipsily, tylosis

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word possibility

POSSIBILITY
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In possibility

POSSIBILITY
(288)
POSSIBILITY
(270)
POSSIBILITY
(216)
POSSIBILITY
(144)
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(132)
STYLOPS
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Words containing the sequence possibility

Words that start with possibility (1 word)

Words with possibility in them (1 word)

Words that end with possibility (2 words)

Word Growth involving possibility

Shorter words in possibility

it lit

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Longer words containing possibility

impossibility