Possible
['pɒsɪb(ə)l] or ['pɑsəbl]
Definition
(noun.) something that can be done; 'politics is the art of the possible'.
(noun.) an applicant who might be suitable.
(adj.) capable of happening or existing; 'a breakthrough may be possible next year'; 'anything is possible'; 'warned of possible consequences' .
Inputed by Cornelia--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that Judas meant no wrong.
Inputed by Lennon
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Potential, IN POSSE.[2]. Practicable, feasible, likely.
Edited by Lancelot
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Practicable, feasible, likely, potential
ANT:Impracticable, impossible
Typed by Aileen
Definition
adj. that may be or happen: that may be done: not contrary to the nature of things.—n. Possibil′ity state of being possible: that which is possible: a contingency.—adv. Poss′ibly.
Typist: Ursula
Examples
- If it is possible I will return to the Abruzzi. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Together they set about designing the machine to make it as nearly perfect as possible in adaptation to the needs of modern business. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I would like to know if it could not be possible to change the name of that tractor factory. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- This was a class of plant which the inquirers desired to purchase outright and operate themselves, usually because of remoteness from any possible source of general supply of current. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was not possible that the occurrence should not be strongly recommending each to the other. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It is only by the use of words as symbols that scientific thought is possible. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I merely intend to make myself entrancingly agreeable to every one I know, and to keep them in your corner as long as possible. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- How, then, is it possible, said my friend, that you can keep on your business? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Everybody outside the Hellenic circle was a barbarian, and negligible save as a possible enemy. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He has a clearer conception of the divisions of science and of their relation to the mind of man than was possible to the ancients. Plato. The Republic.
- On the 12th of February I ordered Thomas to take Dalton and hold it, if possible; and I directed him to move without delay. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But it was possible to part with her, because Susan remained to supply her place. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- If we were to come to Stoke Moran to-day, would it be possible for us to see over these rooms without the knowledge of your stepfather? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- But Coodle knew the danger, and Doodle knew the danger, and all their followers and hangers-on had the clearest possible perception of the danger. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The terms were severe, but they left it possible for her to hope for an honourable future. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Ora