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| after all |
used to tell what really happened in the end even though there was a possibility of something else happening. [1/2 definitions] |
| can1 |
used to express the possibility for something to happen or to be a certain way. [1/4 definitions] |
| entertain |
When you entertain an idea, you have it in your mind as a possibility. If you entertain the idea that you will become a pilot one day, you are considering this as something you might like to do in the future. [1/3 definitions] |
| ghost |
a slight possibility or tiny amount. [1/2 definitions] |
| may |
to be likely to (used to express possibility or probability). [1/3 definitions] |
| on the off chance |
with the very slight possibility; against the slight hope. |
| out |
any play in baseball that removes a player from the possibility of scoring. [1/13 definitions] |
| possibility |
A possibility is a chance that something will happen. If there is a possibility of snow it means that it might snow. If there is no possibility of snow, it means there is no chance that it will snow. |
| possibly |
by any possibility. [1/2 definitions] |
| potential |
If something has potential, it has the possibility to become something greater than it is now, or it makes it possible for certain things to happen. These things can be good things or they can be bad things. [1/3 definitions] |
| room |
place; possibility. [1/5 definitions] |
| should |
used to express a possibility, but one that is not considered very likely (often used with "if"). [1/5 definitions] |
| would like |
used as polite form of "want" or when the possibility of doing what one wants is not considered likely or certain. |
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