Möglichkeit — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chance noun An opportunity to do something.
- liability noun A legal or financial responsibility for a debt, loss, or obligation.
- opportunity noun A favorable set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.
- option noun One of the choices available to someone in a given situation.
- possibility noun The chance that something might happen or be true.
Senses
Möglichkeit is used for these senses in English:
- chance (countable) An opportunity or possibility.
- liability The likelihood of something happening.
- opportunity A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
- option One of a set of choices that can be made. [from 19th c.]
- possibility The quality of being possible.
chance — full definition
- noun An opportunity to do something.
- noun The likelihood of something happening; probability.
- noun Something that happens randomly, without any apparent cause or plan.
- verb To risk doing something, accepting that it might go wrong.
- verb To happen to do or encounter something without planning it.
liability — full definition
- noun A legal or financial responsibility for a debt, loss, or obligation.
- noun A person or thing that causes trouble or holds a group back.