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pos·sible (päs′ə bəl)

adjective

  1. that can be; capable of existing
  2. that can be in the future; that may or may not happen
    1. that can be done, known, acquired, selected, used, etc., depending on circumstances a possible candidate
    2. that can happen or be; potential
  4. that may be done; permissible
  5. that may be a fact or the truth
  6. Informal that can be put up with; tolerable

Etymology: OFr < L possibilis < posse, to be able: see potent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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