possibilities
pah-suh-BIL-uh-teez/ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.tiz/UKpos-i-BIL-i-teez/ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.tiz/
- 1Plural of possibility.
The discovery opened up exciting possibilities for treating the disease.
Investors weighed several possibilities before committing their funds.
Note
A plural that counts outcomes and options: things that may take place or come into being, and choices a future holds open. The spelling follows the regular -ity pattern, with y becoming -ies. Possibility once also meant power or capacity to act, but that use is obsolete, so possibilities today points to what might happen or what one might choose, not to anyone's ability.
possibilities is a form of possibility
possibility, noun: Something that may take place or come into being; a thing that is possible. Full entry
- Forms
- possibilitypossibilities plural
- Spelling
- possibility → possibilities: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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