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Possible   /pˈɑsəbəl/   Listen
Possible

adjective
1.
Capable of happening or existing.  "Anything is possible" , "Warned of possible consequences"
2.
Existing in possibility.  Synonym: potential.  "Possible uses of nuclear power"
noun
1.
Something that can be done.
2.
An applicant who might be suitable.



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"Possible" Quotes from Famous Books



... wish to be of service to this man, as he was one of those who came off to the floating light in the month of September 1807, while she was riding at single anchor after the severe gale of the 7th, at a time when it was hardly possible to make up this vessel's crew; but the crossness of his manner prevented his reaping the benefit ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 16 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson
... "It is always possible to learn when one likes," said Wunsch. His words were peremptory, as usual, but his tone was mild, even confidential. "There is always a way. And if some day you are going to sing, it is necessary to ...
— Song of the Lark • Willa Cather
... Lion, and demanded what was to be done. It was possible, by hauling close on a wind, to pass the cape a short distance to windward of it, and seemingly thus clear the floe. Unless this were done, both vessels would be compelled to ware, and run for ...
— The Sea Lions - The Lost Sealers • James Fenimore Cooper
... Tulkinghorn may not know what is passing in the Dedlock mind at present, it is very possible that he may. ...
— Bleak House • Charles Dickens
... as it happens, he is not going to Margate at all, and that 'Passenger to Gravesend' was on the luggage, in letters of full two inches long; on which the officer rapidly explains the mistake, and the stout mother, and the stout children, and the servant, are hurried with all possible despatch on board the Gravesend boat, which they reached just in time to discover that their luggage is there, and that their comfortable seats are not. Then the bell, which is the signal for the Gravesend boat starting, begins to ring most furiously: and ...
— Sketches by Boz - illustrative of everyday life and every-day people • Charles Dickens


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