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possible
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[ adjective ] capable of happening or existing
Examples "a breakthrough may be possible next year" "anything is possible" "warned of possible consequences" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)From this point , I paint in as direct a manner as possible , by flowing on the washes with as pure a color mixture as I can manage . (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)A completely new insight into living cells and their structure will be possible by use of a new technique which replaces visible_light with ultraviolet_radiation and combines a microscope with a color - TV_system to view the results . Different parts of these cells sometimes absorb or reflect different wavelengths so that it is often possible to see internal portions of cells in a different color . It is also possible to utilize a pressure transducer , mounted at the end of a catheter which is inserted into the heart 's left_ventricle , to indicate the blood_pressure in the heart itself . (Successful Farming, 59:12...)All-weather roads must be provided next to the feeding floor so access will be possible all year . |
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[ adjective ] existing in possibility
Synonyms Examples "a potential problem" "possible uses of nuclear poser" Used in print (John R. Sargent, "Where To Aim Your Planning for Bigger...)It has multiple implications and possible headaches for your marketing program . There may be possible economies at any one of a number of links in your marketing and distribution chain . (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Squatting on our haunches beside the flat stone we broke them on , we were safe behind the high closed gates at the end of the drive : safe from interruption and the observation and possible amusement of the passers-by . (John F. Hayward, "Mimesis and Symbol in the Arts"...)Mimesis is the nearest possible thing to the actual re-living of experience , in which the imagining person recovers through images something of the force and depth characteristic of experience itself . (Randall Stewart, "A Little History, a Little Honesty: A...)I murmured something about a possible difference between New_Mexico 's history and Mississippi 's . |
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[ noun ] (psychology) something that can be done
Examples "politics is the art of the possible" Used in print (A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)The remote , cloudy , possible has values of its own - values of scope , stimulus , potential , and imagination . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] possible to conceive or imagine
Synonyms Examples "that is one possible answer" Related terms |
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[ noun ] an applicant who might be suitable
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