possibility
/ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "'There is little possibility of that happening' 'I'd say there's rather a strongish possibility that it won't.'"
- "Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete."
- "Mycelial lives are so other, their possibilities so strange."
- "VVere Iacke Strawe a liue againe, And I in as good poſſibility as euer I was, I would lay a ſurer trumpe, Ere I would loſe ſo faire a tricke."
Etymology
From Middle English possibilite, from Middle French possibilité (from Old French possibilite) and directly from Late Latin possibilitās (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible. By surface analysis, possible + -ity.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: possibilite, possibilité, possibilitās, possibilis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpɑ.səˈbɪl.ə.ti/
- British English: /ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/