Possibility

Definition

possibility /pɒsǝ'bÇlǝti/ n ၁။ [U] ~ (of sth/ doing sth); ~ (that…) ျဖစ္ႏိုင္ေျခ။ အလားအလာ။ within/ beyond the bounds of possibility ❍ There is now no possibility of new funds being made available. ❍ We must face the possibility that he may never return. ❍ He refused to rule out the possibility of a tax increase. ❍ OCCASION ၂။ [C] ျဖစ္ေကာင္းျဖစ္မည့္အရာ။ ျဖစ္ႏိုင္သည့္အရာ၊ ကိစၥ။ discuss/ consider/ explore/ investigate a wide range of possibilities ❍ Bankruptcy is a real/ strong/ distinct possibility if sales don't improve. ၃။ (က) [C] အခြင့္ အလမ္း။ new export possibilities ❍ the possibilities now open to writers. (ခ) possibilities [pl] အလားအလာ။ The house is very dilapidated but it has possibilities. ❍ She saw the possibilities of the scheme from the beginning.

Examples

1. Another possibility is that we’ll go to Mexico instead.
2. One possibility for the weekend is to rent a car and go to the beach.
3. [possibility of] : Is everyone aware of the possibility of injury when skateboarding?
4. [possibility (that)] : There is a strong possibility that they will win the next election.
5. [rule out a possibility] : We can’t rule out the possibility that it may happen again.
6. [real/distinct possibility] : War is a very real possibility.
7. We need to examine other possibilities before we book the flights.
8. [possibility for] : He’s been eliminated as a possibility for the job.
9. This old building has some intriguing possibilities.