Possibility

What does POSSIBILITY mean?

1. noun

   a future prospect or potential

   “this room has great possibilities”

2. noun

   capability of existing or happening or being true

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

3. noun

   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”

4. noun

   a possible alternative

   “bankruptcy is always a possibility”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.