可能性 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- chance noun An opportunity to do something.
- likelihood noun The chance that something will happen; probability.
- possibility noun The chance that something might happen or be true.
- potential noun An ability or quality that hasn't yet been developed or shown.
- probability noun How likely something is to happen.
Senses
可能性 is used for these senses in English:
- chance (countable) The probability of something happening.
- likelihood The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.
- possibility The quality of being possible.
- potential A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
- probability The relative likelihood of an event happening.
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.