possibility
.pɒsә'bilitinoun
A11,662nd most heard wordIn 42 of 2278 videos (2%)heard 120 timeslast on Oct 16, 2026
- n. a future prospect or potential
- n. capability of existing or happening or being true
- n. a possible alternative
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- 10:47You're trying to remove any possibility that they would think that you are angry about something, right?你是在试图消除对方认为你在生气的任何可能性，对吧？2689 - Don’t Want to Sound Harsh? Soften the Blow with These Phrases
- 4:39Haste is where there is only a choice between two options, with no third possibility.“非此即彼”是指只能在两个选项中做出选择，没有第三种可能。BOX SET: 6 Minute English - 'Language 4' English mega-class! 30 minutes of new vocab!
- 1:57There's the possibility of falling objects from the surrounding airspace.周围空域可能会有坠落物。24 Hours in a Country that "Technically" Doesn't Exist (Mongol Rally Ep. 4)
- 3:47But I think there's also a cost to this discomfort we have with uncertainty, which is that we might close our minds off to new possibilities.但我认为，我们对不确定性的这种不适感也有代价，那就是我们可能会对新的可能性封闭思想。Why You Fear the Unknown — and What It Can Teach You | Maya Shankar and Simone Stolzoff | TED
- 13:05And I gave Amy when we were when we were talking about this character, I gave Amy two possibilities.当我们谈论这个角色时，我给了艾米两个可能性。Zach Cregger Breaks Down Scenes From Resident Evil, Weapons & Barbarian | Vanity Fair
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soften'sɒftnv. make (images or sounds) soft or softerphrasefreizn. an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentencesaysein. the chance to speakrightraitn. an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; it is something that nobody can take away"likelaikn. a similar kindlanguage'læŋgwidʒn. a systematic means of communicating by the use of sounds or conventional symbols
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