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возможность — meaning in English

vozmozhnost

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English meaning

  • ability noun The capacity or power to do something.
  • chance noun An opportunity to do something.
  • convenience noun The quality of being easy, useful, or suitable for one's needs.
  • faculty noun The teaching staff of a school, college or university.
  • fortune noun A very large amount of money or wealth.
  • hint noun A small clue or suggestion that helps someone understand or guess something.
  • liability noun A legal or financial responsibility for a debt, loss, or obligation.
  • might aux Used to show that something is possible, though not certain.
  • occasion noun A particular time when something happens, especially something notable.
  • opportunity noun A favorable set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.
  • possibility noun The chance that something might happen or be true.
  • room noun A separate enclosed space within a building, with its own walls, floor, and ceiling.

Senses

возможность is used for these senses in English:

  • ability (uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
  • chance (countable) An opportunity or possibility.
  • chance (countable) The probability of something happening.
  • convenience A convenient time.
  • faculty (Often in the plural) : An ability, power, or skill.
  • fortune A prediction or set of predictions about a person's future provided by a fortune teller.
  • hint (obsolete) An opportunity; occasion; fit time.
  • liability The likelihood of something happening.

ability — full definition

  1. noun The capacity or power to do something.
  2. noun A particular skill or talent.

chance — full definition

  1. noun An opportunity to do something.
  2. noun The likelihood of something happening; probability.
  3. noun Something that happens randomly, without any apparent cause or plan.
  4. verb To risk doing something, accepting that it might go wrong.
  5. verb To happen to do or encounter something without planning it.

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