possibility

Definition

  • noun: a chance that something might exist, happen, or be true
  • noun: the condition or fact of being 'possible'
  • usually + 'of'
  • synonyms: admissibility, aptitude, aptness

Examples

  • ('chiefly Brit') You shouldn't worry about things that are beyond 'the bounds of possibility'. [=things that cannot happen]

  • It is not outside 'the range/realm of possibility' that he could get laid off. [=he might get laid off]

  • There is a strong/real/remote/faint 'possibility' that I will not be chosen for the job.

Movie quotes

  • (..) when I said you were cheating. I draw on you, you'll kill me. There's that possibility. You'd be killing yourself. Why don't you just invite us to stick around? You can do it... and easy. (..)
    1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid