"possible" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɒ.sɪ.bl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑ.sə.bl̩/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-possible.wav [UK], en-us-possible.ogg [US] Forms: more possible [comparative], most possible [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English possible, from Old French possible, from Latin possibilis (“possible”), from posse, possum (“to be able”); see power. Displaced Middle English acumendlic (“possible”), from Old English ācumendlīċ (“possible”). Compare also Old English mihtelīċ (“strong, capable, powerful, possible”), which was cognate with Old High German mahtlīh (“possible”) and Old Norse máttulígr (“mighty, possible”). Compare also Dutch mogelijk (“possible”) and German möglich (“possible”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁es-}}, {{inh|en|enm|possible}} Middle English possible, {{der|en|fro|possible}} Old French possible, {{der|en|la|possibilis||possible}} Latin possibilis (“possible”), {{m|la|possum|posse, possum|to be able}} posse, possum (“to be able”), {{ncog|enm|acumendlic|t=possible}} Middle English acumendlic (“possible”), {{ncog|ang|ācumendlīċ|t=possible}} Old English ācumendlīċ (“possible”), {{ncog|ang|mihtelīċ|t=strong, capable, powerful, possible}} Old English mihtelīċ (“strong, capable, powerful, possible”), {{ncog|goh|mahtlīh|t=possible}} Old High German mahtlīh (“possible”), {{ncog|non|máttulígr|t=mighty, possible}} Old Norse máttulígr (“mighty, possible”), {{ncog|nl|mogelijk||possible}} Dutch mogelijk (“possible”), {{ncog|de|möglich||possible}} German möglich (“possible”) Head templates: {{en-adj|more}} possible (comparative more possible, superlative most possible)
  1. (usually not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible. Tags: not-comparable, usually Synonyms: futurable, possible Translations (able but not certain to happen): مُمْكِن (mumkin) (Arabic), ممكن (mumkin) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), հնարավոր (hnaravor) (Armenian), posible (Asturian), mümkün (Azerbaijani), магчы́мы (mahčýmy) (Belarusian), мажлі́вы (mažlívy) (Belarusian), възмо́жен (vǎzmóžen) (Bulgarian), можный (možnŷj) (Carpathian Rusyn), possible (Catalan), 可能 (kěnéng) (Chinese Mandarin), možný [masculine] (Czech), mulig (Danish), mogelijk (Dutch), ebla (Esperanto), võimalik (Estonian), møguligur (Faroese), rawa (Fijian), mahdollinen (Finnish), possible (French), posible (Galician), posíbel (Galician), შეიძლება (šeiʒleba) (Georgian), möglich (German), πιθανός (pithanós) (Greek), hiki (Hawaiian), אפשרי (Hebrew), संभव (sambhav) (Hindi), मुमकिन (mumkin) (Hindi), lehetséges (Hungarian), hægur (Icelandic), mögulegur (Icelandic), possibile (Interlingua), possibile (Italian), ありうる (ariuru) (Japanese), 起こり得る (okoriuru) (Japanese), mòżlëwi (Kashubian), អាច (aac) (Khmer), 가능하다 (ganeunghada) (Korean), possibilis (Latin), iespējams (Latvian), galimas (Lithuanian), võidõb (Livonian), móžny (Lower Sorbian), méiglech (Luxembourgish), можен (možen) (Macedonian), haizina (Malagasy), possibbli (Maltese), सम्भव (sambhav) (Nepali), हुन सक्नु (hun saknu) (Nepali), possibl'ye [feminine, masculine] (Norman), vejolaš (Northern Sami), mihtlīċ (Old English), ممکن (momken) (Persian), możliwy (Polish), possível (Portuguese), posibil (Romanian), возмо́жный (vozmóžnyj) (Russian), вероя́тный (verojátnyj) (english: probable) (Russian), mȍgūć [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), možný (Slovak), mogoč (Slovene), možen (Slovene), posible (Spanish), möjlig (Swedish), posible (Tagalog), мумкин (mumkin) (Tajik), เป็นไปได้ (Thai), olası (Turkish), mümkün (Turkish), можли́вий (možlývyj) (Ukrainian), móžny (Upper Sorbian), ممکن (mumkin) (Urdu), mögik (Volapük), possibe (Walloon), dichonadwy (Welsh), posib (Welsh), мумкин (mumkin) (Yagnobi), מיגלעך (miglekh) (Yiddish), מעגלעך (meglekh) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-possible-en-adj-35Vp~VqA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ible Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 29 3 4 27 1 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 25 2 4 29 1 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 29 25 5 2 31 2 7 Disambiguation of 'able but not certain to happen': 96 2 1 1
  2. (comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible. Tags: comparable Synonyms: achievable, doable, viable Translations (capable of being done or achieved; feasible): posible (Asturian), mümkün (Azerbaijani), yerinə yetirilə bilən (Azerbaijani), həyata keçirilə bilən (Azerbaijani), изпълним (izpǎlnim) (Bulgarian), possible (Catalan), mulig (Danish), mogelijk (Dutch), doenbaar (Dutch), doenlijk (Dutch), haalbaar (Dutch), te doen (Dutch), overwogen (Dutch), ebla (Esperanto), mahdollinen (Finnish), possible (French), faisable (French), posible (Galician), posíbel (Galician), εφικτός (efiktós) (Greek), lehetséges (Hungarian), lehető (note: only before superlative forms) (Hungarian), mögulegur (Icelandic), possibile (Interlingua), féideartha (Irish), 可能な (kanō na) (alt: かのうな) (Japanese), អាចទៅរួច (ʼaac tɨw ruəc) (Khmer), iespējams (Latvian), veicams (Latvian), āhei (Maori), vejolaš (Northern Sami), possível (Portuguese), возмо́жный (vozmóžnyj) (Russian), выполни́мый (vypolnímyj) (Russian), izvòdljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), izvòdiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ostvàrljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), posible (Spanish), möjlig (Swedish), posible (Tagalog), เป็นไปได้ (Thai)
    Sense id: en-possible-en-adj-Gxs~besW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ible Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 29 3 4 27 1 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 25 2 4 29 1 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 29 25 5 2 31 2 7 Disambiguation of 'capable of being done or achieved; feasible': 2 97 1 0
  3. Being considered, e.g. for a position. Translations (being considered, e.g. for a position): mümkün (Azerbaijani), mogelijk (Dutch), denkbaar (Dutch), möglich (German), δυνατός (dynatós) (Greek), szóba jöhető (Hungarian), lehetséges (Hungarian), подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) (Russian), möjlig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-possible-en-adj-mKcH2qBJ Disambiguation of 'being considered, e.g. for a position': 1 1 98 0
  4. Apparently valid, likely, plausible. Synonyms: likely, plausible
    Sense id: en-possible-en-adj-X5r-~a~a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: futurable, possible Hyponyms: avoidable, impending, improbable, inevitable, probable Derived forms: art of the possible, ASAP (english: as soon as possible), as much as possible, as quickly as possible, as soon as possible, humanly possible, if possible, possible world, possibly Related terms: possibility, potent, potential, probable, improbable, incidental, contingent

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒ.sɪ.bl̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑ.sə.bl̩/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-possible.wav [UK], en-us-possible.ogg [US] Forms: possibles [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English possible, from Old French possible, from Latin possibilis (“possible”), from posse, possum (“to be able”); see power. Displaced Middle English acumendlic (“possible”), from Old English ācumendlīċ (“possible”). Compare also Old English mihtelīċ (“strong, capable, powerful, possible”), which was cognate with Old High German mahtlīh (“possible”) and Old Norse máttulígr (“mighty, possible”). Compare also Dutch mogelijk (“possible”) and German möglich (“possible”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁es-}}, {{inh|en|enm|possible}} Middle English possible, {{der|en|fro|possible}} Old French possible, {{der|en|la|possibilis||possible}} Latin possibilis (“possible”), {{m|la|possum|posse, possum|to be able}} posse, possum (“to be able”), {{ncog|enm|acumendlic|t=possible}} Middle English acumendlic (“possible”), {{ncog|ang|ācumendlīċ|t=possible}} Old English ācumendlīċ (“possible”), {{ncog|ang|mihtelīċ|t=strong, capable, powerful, possible}} Old English mihtelīċ (“strong, capable, powerful, possible”), {{ncog|goh|mahtlīh|t=possible}} Old High German mahtlīh (“possible”), {{ncog|non|máttulígr|t=mighty, possible}} Old Norse máttulígr (“mighty, possible”), {{ncog|nl|mogelijk||possible}} Dutch mogelijk (“possible”), {{ncog|de|möglich||possible}} German möglich (“possible”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} possible (plural possibles)
  1. (colloquial, rare) A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position. Tags: colloquial, rare Synonyms: candidate Translations (a possible choice): mogelijke [neuter] (Dutch), mogelijkheid (Dutch), mogelijke kandidaat [masculine] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-possible-en-noun-DnXqxh3J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ible Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 29 3 4 27 1 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 25 2 4 29 1 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ible: 29 25 5 2 31 2 7 Disambiguation of 'a possible choice': 98 0 2
  2. (colloquial, rare) That which is possible for somebody. Tags: colloquial, rare
    Sense id: en-possible-en-noun-eR1Pbbe5
  3. (rare) A particular event that may happen. Tags: rare Translations (a particular event that may happen): mogelijkheid (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-possible-en-noun-kbFk8S5i Disambiguation of 'a particular event that may happen': 1 0 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: possibility, option

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "code": "ar",
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          "word": "հնարավոր"
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          "code": "ast",
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          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "mahčýmy",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "word": "магчы́мы"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "mažlívy",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "word": "мажлі́вы"
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        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "vǎzmóžen",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "word": "възмо́жен"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
          "code": "rue",
          "lang": "Carpathian Rusyn",
          "roman": "možnŷj",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "kěnéng",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "word": "可能"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "možný"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "word": "mulig"
        },
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "word": "mogelijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "word": "ebla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "word": "võimalik"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "word": "møguligur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
          "code": "fj",
          "lang": "Fijian",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "word": "rawa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
          "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"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 2 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "mumkin",
          "sense": "able but not certain to happen",
          "word": "मुमकिन"
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        {
          "_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": "hun 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": "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"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "word": "impossible"
        }
      ],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993 September 10, Lee Michael Katz, “Expectant Mideast hopes to bear twin peace deals”, in USA Today, 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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Capable of being done or achieved; feasible."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "feasible",
          "feasible"
        ]
      ],
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        "(comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "achievable"
        },
        {
          "word": "doable"
        },
        {
          "word": "viable"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "posible"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "mümkün"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "yerinə yetirilə bilən"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "həyata keçirilə bilən"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izpǎlnim",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "изпълним"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "possible"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "mulig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "mogelijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "doenbaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "doenlijk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "haalbaar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "te doen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "overwogen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "ebla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "mahdollinen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "possible"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "faisable"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "posible"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "posíbel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "efiktós",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "εφικτός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "lehetséges"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "only before superlative forms",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "lehető"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "mögulegur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "possibile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "féideartha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 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": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ʼaac tɨw ruəc",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "អាចទៅរួច"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "iespējams"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "veicams"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "āhei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "vejolaš"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "possível"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vozmóžnyj",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "возмо́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vypolnímyj",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "выполни́мый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "izvòdljiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "izvòdiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "ostvàrljiv"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "posible"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "möjlig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "posible"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 97 1 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
          "word": "เป็นไปได้"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "text": "Jones and Smith are both possible for the opening in sales.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "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"
        },
        {
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      "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": "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": "hun 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": "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ʼaac tɨw ruəc",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "អាចទៅរួច"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "iespējams"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "veicams"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "āhei"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "vejolaš"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "possível"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vozmóžnyj",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "возмо́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vypolnímyj",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "выполни́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "izvòdljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "izvòdiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ostvàrljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "posible"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "möjlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "posible"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "capable of being done or achieved; feasible",
      "word": "เป็นไปได้"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
      "word": "mümkün"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
      "word": "mogelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
      "word": "denkbaar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
      "word": "möglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dynatós",
      "sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
      "word": "δυνατός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
      "word": "szóba jöhető"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
      "word": "lehetséges"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podxodjáščij",
      "sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
      "word": "подходя́щий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "being considered, e.g. for a position",
      "word": "möjlig"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁es-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "possible"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English possible",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "possible"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French possible",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "possibilis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "possible"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin possibilis (“possible”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "possum",
        "3": "posse, possum",
        "4": "to be able"
      },
      "expansion": "posse, possum (“to be able”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "acumendlic",
        "t": "possible"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English acumendlic (“possible”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ācumendlīċ",
        "t": "possible"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English ācumendlīċ (“possible”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "mihtelīċ",
        "t": "strong, capable, powerful, possible"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mihtelīċ (“strong, capable, powerful, possible”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "mahtlīh",
        "t": "possible"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German mahtlīh (“possible”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "máttulígr",
        "t": "mighty, possible"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse máttulígr (“mighty, possible”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "mogelijk",
        "3": "",
        "4": "possible"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch mogelijk (“possible”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "möglich",
        "3": "",
        "4": "possible"
      },
      "expansion": "German möglich (“possible”)",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English possible, from Old French possible, from Latin possibilis (“possible”), from posse, possum (“to be able”); see power. Displaced Middle English acumendlic (“possible”), from Old English ācumendlīċ (“possible”). Compare also Old English mihtelīċ (“strong, capable, powerful, possible”), which was cognate with Old High German mahtlīh (“possible”) and Old Norse máttulígr (“mighty, possible”). Compare also Dutch mogelijk (“possible”) and German möglich (“possible”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "possibles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "possible (plural possibles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pos‧si‧ble"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jones is a possible for the new opening in sales."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, rare) A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "candidate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English colloquialisms",
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "That which is possible for somebody."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial, rare) That which is possible for somebody."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "rare"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A particular event that may happen."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A particular event that may happen."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɒ.sɪ.bl̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɑ.sə.bl̩/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-possible.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-possible.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-possible.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/7c/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-possible.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Back_ache-possible.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-possible.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6c/En-us-possible.ogg/En-us-possible.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/En-us-possible.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "possibility"
    },
    {
      "word": "option"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a possible choice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mogelijke"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a possible choice",
      "word": "mogelijkheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a possible choice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mogelijke kandidaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a particular event that may happen",
      "word": "mogelijkheid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "possible"
}

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