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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
possibility
1. a future prospect or potential (Freq. 21) - this room has great possibilities • Derivationally related forms: possible • Hypernyms: expectation, outlook, prospect 2. capability of existing or happening or being true (Freq. 18) - there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired • Syn: possibleness • Ant: impossibility • Derivationally related forms: possible (for: possibleness), possible • Hypernyms: being, beingness, existence • Hyponyms: conceivableness, conceivability, achievability, attainability, attainableness, potential, potentiality, potency, opportunity, chance • Attrubites: possible, impossible 3. a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (Freq. 12) - a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory - he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices • Syn: hypothesis, theory • Derivationally related forms: theorist (for: theory), theoretic (for: theory), theoretician (for: theory), theorize (for: theory), theorise (for: theory), hypothecate (for: hypothesis), hypothesize (for: hypothesis) • Hypernyms: concept, conception, construct • Hyponyms: hypothetical, gemmule, model, theoretical account, framework, speculation, conjecture, assumption, supposition, supposal, historicism • Part Holonyms: theory 4. a possible alternative (Freq. 6) - bankruptcy is always a possibility • Syn: possible action, opening • Derivationally related forms: possible • Hypernyms: option, alternative, choice • Hyponyms: possible
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