Tra từ possibility - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

noun

1. a future prospect or potential (Freq. 21)
- this room has great possibilities
• Derivationally related forms:
possible
• Hypernyms:
expectation, outlook, prospect
2. capability of existing or happening or being true (Freq. 18)
- there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired
• Syn:
possibleness
• Ant:
impossibility
• Derivationally related forms:
possible (for: possibleness), possible
• Hypernyms:
being, beingness, existence
• Hyponyms:
conceivableness, conceivability, achievability, attainability, attainableness,
potential, potentiality, potency, opportunity, chance
• Attrubites:
possible, impossible
3. a tentative insight into the natural world;
a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (Freq. 12)
- 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
• Syn:
hypothesis, theory
• Derivationally related forms:
theorist (for: theory), theoretic (for: theory), theoretician (for: theory), theorize (for: theory), theorise (for: theory), hypothecate (for: hypothesis), hypothesize (for: hypothesis)
• Hypernyms:
concept, conception, construct
• Hyponyms:
hypothetical, gemmule, model, theoretical account, framework,
speculation, conjecture, assumption, supposition, supposal, historicism
• Part Holonyms:
theory
4. a possible alternative (Freq. 6)
- bankruptcy is always a possibility
• Syn:
possible action, opening
• Derivationally related forms:
possible
• Hypernyms:
option, alternative, choice
• Hyponyms:
possible