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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
possible
adj
  1. capable of happening or existing; "a breakthrough may be possible next year"; "anything is possible"; "warned of possible consequences"
    Antonym(s): impossible
  2. existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear power"
    Synonym(s): potential, possible
    Antonym(s): actual, existent
n
  1. something that can be done; "politics is the art of the possible"
  2. an applicant who might be suitable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Possible \Pos"si*ble\, a. [F., fr. L. possibilis, fr. posse to
      be able, to have power; potis able, capable + esse to be. See
      {Potent}, {Am}, and cf. {Host} a landlord.]
      Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or
      thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not
      contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to
      express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come
      to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that
      Judas meant no wrong.
  
               With God all things are possible.            --Matt. xix.
                                                                              26.
  
      Syn: Practicable; likely. See {Practicable}.
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