noun
definition
The quality of being possible.
definition
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
definition
An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.
Examples of possibility in a Sentence
The possibility has crossed my mind.
No, I suppose the possibility of snakes does pose a bigger threat.
Children had been a possibility after all.
I think that possibility has been eliminated.
It was about the possibility of losing him.
Ahead of him was the possibility of a jail sentence.
Howie and Quinn, and Martha too; they don't know what Julie did so they can't see the possibility of a connection to Julie.
He didn't know what that meant or even if it was a possibility that she would one day trust him enough to tell him what was burdening her.
I'd have to say it's a distinct possibility he's a woman thumper.
And yet, this evening, the possibility was as obvious as it had not been that morning.
If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, the possibility of life is destroyed.
The possibility tonight could be their last together pained him so deeply he shuddered.
The possibility was frightening.
The possibility hadn't existed before the trip to the underworld.
The only possibility-- that she might choose to leave-- hadn't crossed his mind.
He anguished over the possibility, fearful he would be so horror-stricken he'd wake and miss the telling information that would lead to a capture.
We'd discussed the possibility of conducting our business at other sites, should the need arise.
The possibility of escape was nil so secure was our twelve foot square cell.
No, he didn't want to consider the possibility that he might be wrong.
To admit the possibility of a future seemed to them to insult his memory.
That served another purpose when the conversation turned to the possibility of another child.
There were some pretty strong reasons for you to think of the possibility he might have skipped.
So thoroughly and sincerely are we compelled to live, reverencing our life, and denying the possibility of change.
Now it was no longer a possibility.
It's a one way visit, and that is what you fear most, the possibility you turn into what you hate.
By the time they crossed the arena, her numbed mind began to accept the possibility of death at his hands.
The additional possibility of access to all humans' Digital Echoes, to be studied for a million unnoticed causal correlations, will hasten the demise of disease as well and will increase quality of life and longevity.
Did Howie ask Julie about that possibility?
Fireworks are a distinct possibility.
She hadn't been able to face the possibility he might not want her or worse-- he was dead.
There is one more possibility.
My guess is that you accept the slim possibility that a shark might get you, and swim in the ocean anyway.
He does not discuss the possibility of successful resistance to the Chaldeans; he simply assumes that the attempt is foolish and wicked, and, like other prophets, he identifies his political programme with the will of God.
If nothing happens, we can eliminate one possibility.
The doctor said they could find no reason for him to stay in a coma, except the possibility of brain damage from lack of oxygen or blood loss.
At this point, if you follow my reasoning, we have established at least the possibility of a bright future.
I have had a letter from Mrs. Thaw with regard to the possibility of doing something for these children.
But there was satisfaction in seeing from day to day the evidence of growing mastery and the possibility of final success.
It is a ray of light in the darkness, a shade between sadness and despair, showing the possibility of consolation.
That assumption would destroy the possibility of the existence of laws, that is, of any science whatever.
Does any section of science consider time travel a possibility?
As much as Dean wanted to press his guest on the possibility that the bones were those of her father, he realized such a question was tasteless and inappropriate.
I can't prove it, but I think it's a real possibility.
In fact, it pretty much removes any possibility.
Cynthia looked at him and began to nod her head, considering the possibility.
I'd hate to think a child his age would try to kill someone, whatever the reason, but I have to admit it's a possibility.
The story that Earl Godwine himself was of churlish birth, whether true or false, marks the possibility of such a rise.
Lotze has shown how the possibility of miracle can be conceived.
Thus was founded, on Christmas day 1 ioo, the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem; and thus was the possibility of a theocracy finally annihilated.
Those who have not seen the animal in life, or who did not believe in the possibility of the valves crossing each other with a slight obliquity, would not consent to appropriating any of its muscles to that purpose, and consequently attributed to all the lateral muscles the simple function of keeping the valves in an opposite position, or holding them adjusted.