possibility (
http://definr.com/possibility)
n 1: a future prospect or potential; "this room has great
possibilities"
2: capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is
a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"
[syn:
possibleness] [ant:
impossibility]
3: a tentative theory about 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"; "he
proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted
in chemical practices" [syn:
hypothesis,
theory]
4: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
[syn:
possible action,
opening]