possibility
/ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/ noun B1- The quality of being possible. · 'There is little possibility of that happening' 'I'd say there's rather a strongish possibility that it won't.'
- A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
- An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
Plural possibilities
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When you have one of the first brains of Europe up against you, and all the powers of darkness at his back, there are infinite possibilities.
The work I speak of is called A Treatise on the Possibility of a General Monarchy in Italy, and will make one large quarto volume.”
“From a drop of water,” said the writer, “a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.
So far we are within the bounds of possibility, are we not?”
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