possibility

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a future prospect or potential
  2. noun capability of existing or happening or being true
  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

Etymology

From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity.

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