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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. something that can be done;
- Example: "politics is the art of the possible"

2. an applicant who might be suitable;


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. capable of happening or existing;
- Example: "a breakthrough may be possible next year"
- Example: "anything is possible"
- Example: "warned of possible consequences"

2. existing in possibility;
- Example: "a potential problem"
- Example: "possible uses of nuclear power"
[syn: potential, possible]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Possible \Pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. possibilis, fr. posse to
   be able, to have power; potis able, capable + esse to be. See
   Potent, Am, and cf. Host a landlord.]
   Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or
   thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not
   contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to
   express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come
   to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that
   Judas meant no wrong.
   [1913 Webster]

         With God all things are possible.        --Matt. xix.
                                                  26.
   [1913 Webster]

   Syn: Practicable; likely. See Practicable.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

possible
    adj 1: capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be
           possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of
           possible consequences" [ant: impossible]
    2: existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible
       uses of nuclear power" [syn: potential, possible] [ant:
       actual, existent]
    n 1: something that can be done; "politics is the art of the
         possible"
    2: an applicant who might be suitable