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possible adjective [ ˈpɒsɪb(ə)l ]

• able to be done or achieved.
• "surely it's not possible for a man to live so long?"
Similar: feasible, able to be done, practicable, viable, attainable, achievable, realizable, within reach, workable, manageable, on, doable,
Opposite: impossible,
• that may exist or happen, but that is not certain or probable.
• "the possible effects of global warming"
Similar: conceivable, plausible, imaginable, thinkable, believable, likely, potential, probable, credible, tenable, odds-on, on the cards,
Opposite: unlikely,

possible noun

• a potential candidate for a job or team.
• "I have marked five possibles with an asterisk"
Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin possibilis, from posse ‘be able’.


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