possibility

Definition

The quality of being possible.

Etymology

From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity.

Example Sentences

• "'There is little possibility of that happening' 'I'd say there's rather a strongish possibility that it won't."
• "Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete."
• "Mycelial lives are so other, their possibilities so strange."

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