possibility

/pɒsəˈbɪləti/

意味: 可能性

例文: There’s a possibility of raining cookies.
　　  クッキーが降る可能性がある。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: strong possibility(強い可能性), real possibility(現実的な可能性), remote possibility(遠い可能性)

定義: 何かが起こるかもしれないということ。何かが実現する可能性やチャンスのこと。可能性は、何かが起こる確率や見込みを示す。

possibilityは約30,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a future prospect or potential
Noun: capability of existing or happening or being true
Noun: a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
Noun: a possible alternative

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

There is a possibility of rain tomorrow.(明日は雨の可能性があります。)
She explored every possibility before deciding.(彼女は決断前にあらゆる可能性を探った。)
The possibility of success motivates him daily.(成功の可能性が彼を毎日動機づける。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: this room has great possibilities
Noun: there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired
Noun: a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
Noun: he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices
Noun: bankruptcy is always a possibility

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): hypothesis, opening, possibility, possible action, possibleness, theory

Antonyms(反意語): impossibility

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): being, concept, expectation, option

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abstraction, actuality, animation, anticipation, apprehension, category, coexistence, conceptualization, default option, eternity, fact, foretaste, hobson’s choice, hypothesis, impossibility, law, lexicalized concept, life, notion, obverse, part, possibility, preexistence, preference, presence, promise, property, quantity, rule, soft option, subsistence, transcendence, whole

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): achievability, assumption, conceivableness, gemmule, historicism, hypothetical, model, opportunity, possible, potential, speculation

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: hypothecate, hypothesize, possible, theoretic, theoretician, theorise, theorist, theorize

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): ity

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anticipation