achievability

Main Entry:	possibility [pos-uh-bil-i-tee] Show IPA/ˌpɒsəˈbɪlɪti/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	feasibility, likelihood; chance
Synonyms:	achievability, action, attainableness, break, circumstance, contingency, fair shake, fifty-fifty, fling, fluke, fortuity, happening, hazard, hope, incident, instance, liability, likeliness, occasion, occurrence, odds, opportunity, outside chance, plausibility, play, potentiality, practicability, prayer, probability, prospect, risk, shot, stab, toss-up, workableness
Antonyms:	impossibility, impossible, unfeasibility, unlikelihood

* = informal/non-formal usage
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Concept:	Possibility.
Category:	Degrees of Evidence
Synonyms:	-nouns possibility, potentiality; what may be, what is possible; compatibility (agreement)., practicability, feasibility; practicableness contingency, chance [more]. -verbs be possible; stand a chance; admit of, bear., render possible; put in the way of. -adjectives possible; in the cards, on the dice; in posse, within the bounds of possibility, conceivable, credible; compatible; likely., practicable, feasible, performable, achievable; within reach, within measurable distance; accessible, superable, surmountable; attainable, obtainable; contingent (doubtful), (effect) [more]. -adverbs possibly, by possibility; perhaps, perchance, peradventure; maybe, may be, haply, mayhap., if possible, wind and weather permitting, God willing, Deo volente, D.V.; as luck may have it. -phrases misericordia Domini inter pontem et fontent; "the glories of the Possible are ours" [B. Taylor].
Antonyms:	impossibility
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