See possible on Wiktionary
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"text": "The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mahdollinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possible"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posíbel"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šeiʒleba",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "შეიძლება"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "möglich"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pithanós",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "πιθανός"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "hiki"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "אפשרי"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sambhav",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "संभव"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "मुमकिन"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "lehetséges"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "hægur"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mögulegur"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possibile"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possibile"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ariuru",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "ありうる"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "okoriuru",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "起こり得る"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "csb",
"lang": "Kashubian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mòżlëwi"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "aac",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "អាច"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ganeunghada",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "가능하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possibilis"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "iespējams"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "galimas"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "liv",
"lang": "Livonian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "võidõb"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "méiglech"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "možen",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "можен"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "haizina"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possibbli"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "sambhav",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "सम्भव"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "huna saknu",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "हुन सक्नु"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "possibl'ye"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "vejolaš"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mihtlīċ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "momken",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "ممکن"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "możliwy"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possível"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posibil"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozmóžnyj",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "возмо́жный"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ru",
"english": "probable",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "verojátnyj",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "вероя́тный"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "mȍgūć"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "možný"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mogoč"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "možen"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "móžny"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "móžny"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "möjlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "мумкин"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "เป็นไปได้"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "olası"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mümkün"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "možlývyj",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "можли́вий"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "ممکن"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "có thể"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mögik"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possibe"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "dichonadwy"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posib"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "yai",
"lang": "Yagnobi",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "мумкин"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "miglekh",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "מיגלעך"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "meglekh",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "מעגלעך"
}
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "impossible"
}
],
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 10 5 9 26 9 10",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Hungarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's possible for anyone to learn to play the bagpipes.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1901, Louis Freeland Smith, The Public, volume 4, page 438:",
"text": "And success in minor degree, in the sense in which he uses the term \"success,\" is only somewhat more possible than success in winning the White House chair.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1993 September 10, Lee Michael Katz, “Expectant Mideast hopes to bear twin peace deals”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 2013-06-30, page 2A:",
"text": "Peace between Israel and the Arab countries is \"more possible than any time before,\" says ex-Arab League U.N. ambassador Clovis Maskoud.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:",
"text": "Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Capable of being done or achieved; feasible."
],
"id": "en-possible-en-adj-Gxs~besW",
"links": [
[
"feasible",
"feasible"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "achievable"
},
{
"word": "doable"
},
{
"word": "viable"
}
],
"tags": [
"comparable"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "mümkün"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "yerinə yetirilə bilən"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "həyata keçirilə bilən"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpǎlnim",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "изпълним"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "possible"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "mulig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "mogelijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "doenbaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "doenlijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "haalbaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "te doen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "overwogen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "ebla"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "mahdollinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "possible"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "faisable"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "posíbel"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efiktós",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "εφικτός"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "lehetséges"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "only before superlative forms",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "lehető"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "mögulegur"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "possibile"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "féideartha"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"alt": "かのうな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanō na",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "可能な"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "ʼaac tɨw ruəc",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "អាចទៅរួច"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "iespējams"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "veicams"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "āhei"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "vejolaš"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "possível"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozmóžnyj",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "возмо́жный"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vypolnímyj",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "выполни́мый"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "izvòdljiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "izvòdiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "ostvàrljiv"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "möjlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 98 1 0",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "เป็นไปได้"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Jones and Smith are both possible for the opening in sales.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Being considered, e.g. for a position."
],
"id": "en-possible-en-adj-mKcH2qBJ",
"links": [
[
"considered",
"considered"
],
[
"position",
"position"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
"word": "mümkün"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
"word": "mogelijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
"word": "denkbaar"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
"word": "möglich"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "dynatós",
"sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
"word": "δυνατός"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
"word": "szóba jöhető"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
"word": "lehetséges"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "podxodjáščij",
"sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
"word": "подходя́щий"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 98 0",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
"word": "möjlig"
}
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "implausible"
}
],
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},
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"3": "",
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"form": "more possible",
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"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most possible",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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}
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],
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"source": "Thesaurus:possible",
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},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:possible",
"word": "impending"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:possible",
"word": "improbable"
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:possible",
"word": "inevitable"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:possible",
"word": "probable"
}
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{
"word": "potent"
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{
"word": "potential"
},
{
"word": "probable"
},
{
"word": "improbable"
},
{
"word": "incidental"
},
{
"word": "contingent"
}
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{
"word": "inevitable"
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{
"word": "impossible"
}
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"English terms with usage examples"
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{
"text": "Rain tomorrow is possible, but I wouldn't bet on it.",
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{
"text": "It's not just possible, it's probable that there will be rain tomorrow.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:",
"text": "The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.",
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{
"word": "possible"
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"English terms with usage examples"
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{
"text": "It's possible for anyone to learn to play the bagpipes.",
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{
"ref": "1901, Louis Freeland Smith, The Public, volume 4, page 438:",
"text": "And success in minor degree, in the sense in which he uses the term \"success,\" is only somewhat more possible than success in winning the White House chair.",
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{
"ref": "1993 September 10, Lee Michael Katz, “Expectant Mideast hopes to bear twin peace deals”, in USA Today, archived from the original on 2013-06-30, page 2A:",
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},
{
"ref": "2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:",
"text": "Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.",
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"Capable of being done or achieved; feasible."
],
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"(comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible."
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"word": "achievable"
},
{
"word": "doable"
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{
"word": "viable"
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{
"text": "Jones and Smith are both possible for the opening in sales.",
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}
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"Being considered, e.g. for a position."
],
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[
"considered",
"considered"
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[
"position",
"position"
]
]
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"word": "implausible"
}
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"plausible"
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"word": "likely"
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{
"word": "plausible"
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"source": "Thesaurus:possible",
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "مُمْكِن"
},
{
"code": "arz",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"tags": [
"Egyptian-Arabic"
],
"word": "ممكن"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "hnaravor",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "հնարավոր"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mümkün"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mahčýmy",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "магчы́мы"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "mažlívy",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "мажлі́вы"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzmóžen",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "възмо́жен"
},
{
"code": "rue",
"lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
"roman": "možnŷj",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "можный"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possible"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kěnéng",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "可能"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "možný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mulig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mogelijk"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "eventuala"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "ebla"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "võimalik"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "møguligur"
},
{
"code": "fj",
"lang": "Fijian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "rawa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mahdollinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possible"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posíbel"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šeiʒleba",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "შეიძლება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "möglich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pithanós",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "πιθανός"
},
{
"code": "haw",
"lang": "Hawaiian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "hiki"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "אפשרי"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sambhav",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "संभव"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "मुमकिन"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "lehetséges"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "hægur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mögulegur"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possibile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possibile"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "ariuru",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "ありうる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "okoriuru",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "起こり得る"
},
{
"code": "csb",
"lang": "Kashubian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mòżlëwi"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "aac",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "អាច"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "ganeunghada",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "가능하다"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possibilis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "iespējams"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "galimas"
},
{
"code": "liv",
"lang": "Livonian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "võidõb"
},
{
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "méiglech"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "možen",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "можен"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "haizina"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possibbli"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "sambhav",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "सम्भव"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "huna saknu",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "हुन सक्नु"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "possibl'ye"
},
{
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "vejolaš"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mihtlīċ"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "momken",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "ممکن"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "możliwy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possível"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posibil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozmóžnyj",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "возмо́жный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"english": "probable",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "verojátnyj",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "вероя́тный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "mȍgūć"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "možný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mogoč"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "možen"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "móžny"
},
{
"code": "hsb",
"lang": "Upper Sorbian",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "móžny"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "möjlig"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "мумкин"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "เป็นไปได้"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "olası"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mümkün"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "možlývyj",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "можли́вий"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "ممکن"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "có thể"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "mögik"
},
{
"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "possibe"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "dichonadwy"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "posib"
},
{
"code": "yai",
"lang": "Yagnobi",
"roman": "mumkin",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "мумкин"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "miglekh",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "מיגלעך"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "meglekh",
"sense": "able but not certain to happen",
"word": "מעגלעך"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "mümkün"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "yerinə yetirilə bilən"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "həyata keçirilə bilən"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "izpǎlnim",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "изпълним"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "possible"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "mulig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "mogelijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "doenbaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "doenlijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "haalbaar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "te doen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "overwogen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "ebla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "mahdollinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "possible"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "faisable"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "posíbel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "efiktós",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "εφικτός"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "lehetséges"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"note": "only before superlative forms",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "lehető"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "mögulegur"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "possibile"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "féideartha"
},
{
"alt": "かのうな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kanō na",
"sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
"word": "可能な"
},
{
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