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potentiality

English

Etymology

potential +? -ity

Noun

potentiality (countable and uncountable, plural potentialities)

  1. The quality of being, or having potential.
  2. An inherent capacity for growth or development.
  3. An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
  4. (philosophy) A possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what something actually is at present.
  5. (physics) Quantum potential.

Related terms

  • potence
  • potency
  • potent
  • potentate
  • potential

Further reading

  • potentiality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • potentiality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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possibility

English

Etymology

From Middle French possibilité, from Old French possibilite, from Late Latin possibilit?s (possibility), from Latin possibilis (possible); see possible.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?p?s??b?liti/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p?s??b?liti/
  • Hyphenation: pos?si?bil?i?ty
  • Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

possibility (countable and uncountable, plural possibilities)

  1. The quality of being possible.
  2. A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
  3. An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.

Synonyms

  • (the quality of being possible):
  • (a thing possible): contingency; See also Thesaurus:possibility
  • (an option or choice): choice, option; See also Thesaurus:option

Antonyms

  • impossibility; See also Thesaurus:impossibility

Derived terms

  • logical possibility
  • possibility theory

Related terms

  • impossibility
  • possible
  • potence
  • potency
  • potent
  • potentate
  • potential
  • potentiality
  • power

Translations

Further reading

  • possibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • possibility in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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