capability of existing or happening or being true; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired"存在したり起こったり、本当であることの可能性見込み
例:there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired 彼は嗅覚に欠陥がある可能性がある
a future prospect or potential; "this room has great possibilities"将来の見通しまたは可能性見込み
a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices"自然世界への仮定的洞察仮説