possibleness

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈpɑsəbəlnəs/ UK /ˈpɒsɪbəlnəs/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
the quality or state of being possible

He pondered the possibleness of a second chance.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality or state of... possibility feasibility likelihood practicability

Opposites

impossibility

Word family

Related forms possible possibly possibility

Etymology

From possible + -ness. Possible derives from Latin possibilis ('that may be done'), from posse ('to be able').

possibilis Latin posse Latin

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# possibleness

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈpɑsəbəlnəs
**IPA (UK):** ˈpɒsɪbəlnəs

## Meanings
1. the quality or state of being possible

## Examples
- He pondered the possibleness of a second chance.

## Synonyms
- possibility
- feasibility
- likelihood
- practicability

## Antonyms
- impossibility

## Related Forms
- possible
- possibly
- possibility

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: possibilis
- Root: posse

## Etymology
From possible + -ness. Possible derives from Latin possibilis ('that may be done'), from posse ('to be able').

## AI Etymology
Possibleness comes from possible + -ness. Possible derives from Latin possibilis ('that may be done'), from posse ('to be able'). The historical chain includes Latin possibilis and Latin posse. The quoted older senses, "that may be done" and "to be able", supply the semantic anchors for possibleness. The formation is best read as suffixal and borrowed: the word possibleness carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "the quality or state of being possible". Related English forms include possible, possibly, and possibility. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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