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possibility

音節pos・si・bil・i・ty 発音記号/pὰsəbíləṭi｜p`ɔs‐/

【名詞】

1 【不可算名詞】 [また a possibility]

a あり[起こり]うること，可能性; 実現性 〔of〕《★【類語】 ⇒probability》.

用例

the possibility of miracles 奇跡の可能性. Is there any [no] possibility of his coming? 彼が来る見込みはありますか[ありませんか]. Improvement is within [not outside] the range [realms, bounds] of possibility. 改善の可能性[見込み]はある.

b 〔+that〕〈…という〉可能性.

用例

There's a possibility that there's life on other planets. 他の惑星に生物が存在するということもありうることです. The possibility that he might fail hadn't crossed his mind. 失敗することもありうるということなど彼は考えもしなかった.

2 【可算名詞】 ありそうなこと，可能なこと.

用例

a remote [bare] possibility 万が一のこと. Failure is a possibility. 失敗もありうる. There're a lot of possibilities. いろんな事が考えられる, 可能性はたくさんある.

3 【可算名詞】 [通例複数形で] 見込み，発展の可能性，将来性.

用例

the commercial possibilities of a city 市の商業上の発展性.

名詞としての「possibility」のイディオムやフレーズ

by ány possibílity

［POSSIBLE+‐ITY］

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ハイパー英語辞書

possibility

【名詞】

1 ありうること, 起りうること；[or a 〜]〔…の/…という〕可能性, 実現性〔of/that節〕.

2 [通例 〜ies]〔…の〕機会(となるもの)〔for〕；将来性, 発展性(potential)；将来の夢[希望].

3 (選択して)実行できること[手段]；(競争して)勝てそうな人, 選ばれそうな人[候補者].

用例

There is now no possibility that she will make a full recovery.

印欧語根
poti-	力強いこと（powerなど）、または、君主・首長などを表す。

接尾辞
-ibility	-ibleで終る形容詞から名詞を造る

コンピューター用語辞典

possibility

【名詞】

可能性

法令用語日英標準対訳辞書

possibility

可能性

JST科学技術用語日英対訳辞書

possibility

生じやすさ; 発生しやすさ; 可能性; ポシビリティー; 起り易さ; なりやすさ

ライフサイエンス辞書

possibility

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(あり得る程度の)
可能性

関連語

capability, feasibility, likelihood, odds, potential, potentiality, probability

同義語（異表記）

feasibility

likelihood

odds

possibility

potentiality

オッズ

実行可能

成否

尤度

用例

the possibility of [〜の可能性]

Investigations into the biologic control of this hormone and its mechanism of action offer the possibility of new therapeutic approaches to disorders of iron metabolism. (Curr Opin Gastroenterol)

Recent developments in our understanding of adipose tissue fatty acid metabolism open up the possibility of new pharmaceutical targets. (Curr Opin Lipidol)

Our method offers the possibility of comparing different protein--DNA interfaces in a detailed, objective and quantitative fashion. (J Mol Biol)

open the possibility of [〜の可能性を開く]

This in turn has opened the possibility of using the engineered zinc finger-based factors as novel human therapeutics. (Gene)

raise the possibility of [〜という可能性を示唆する]

This discovery raises the possibility of a link between aging and stem cell dysfunction. (Annu Rev Med)

Continued circulation of H5N1 and other avian viruses in Hong Kong raises the possibility of future human influenza outbreaks. (Trends Microbiol)

to test this possibility [この可能性を検証するために]

To test this possibility, a small molecule was isolated for its ability to reversibly block p53-dependent transcriptional activation and apoptosis. (Science)

To test this possibility, the effects of in vitro and in vivo CYP2E1 overexpression on hepatocyte insulin signaling were examined. (J Biol Chem)

to study this possibility [この可能性を調べるために]

To study this possibility, we used a unique set of cell variants isolated from a human mature B cell line, which differ in their expression of both the surface Ig receptor (sIg) and RAG-1 and RAG-2 genes. (J Immunol)

raise the possibility that [〜という可能性を示唆する]

This raises the possibility that a deficiency in astrocyte function may contribute to the loss of white matter in VWM leukodystrophy. (Nat Med)

Our results raise the possibility that axonal ionotropic glutamate receptors are also involved in synaptic plasticity in the adult nervous system. (Nat Neurosci)

to explore this possibility [この可能性を探索するために]

The purpose of this study was to explore the possibility of autocrine stimulation of endothelial cell migration by members of the endothelin family. (J Biol Chem)

To explore this possibility, we have compared the immunohistochemical localizations of D-serine, glycine, and NMDA receptors in rat brain. (J Neurosci)

leave open the possibility that [〜という可能性を残しておく]

The results of these analyses leave open the possibility that gliding motility might have arisen independently more than once in the mycoplasma lineage. (Genome Res)

These results strongly suggest that the female gametophyte is responsible for pollen tube guidance, but leave open the possibility that the gametophyte may accomplish this indirectly through its influence on some sporophytic cells. (Development)

These results leave open the possibility that methylation may modulate the accessibility of these components to chromosomal DNA by altering local chromatin structure. (J Biol Chem)

to investigate this possibility [この可能性を調べるために]

An intranasal infection model in mice and a bioluminescent-tagged strain were used to investigate this possibility. (J Immunol)

To investigate the possibility that cells of extrauterine origin could repopulate the endometrium. (JAMA)

概念ツリー

研究技術　Investigative Technique

疫学的手法　Epidemiologic Method

統計学　Statistics

確率　Probability

ベイズ定理　Bayes Theorem

尤度関数　Likelihood Function

マルコフ鎖　Markov Chain

オッズ比　Odds Ratio

位置特異的重み行列　Position-Specific Scoring Matrix

傾向スコア　Propensity Score

比例ハザードモデル　Proportional Hazards Model

リスク　Risk +

不確実性　Uncertainty

数学概念　Mathematical Concept

確率　Probability

オッズ比　Odds Ratio

リスク　Risk

不確実性　Uncertainty

possibilityの共起表現

日本語WordNet(英和)

possibility

【名詞】

1

可能な選択肢

(a possible alternative)

bankruptcy is always a possibility 常に倒産の可能性はある

2

自然世界への仮定的洞察

(a tentative insight into the natural world)

3

将来の見通しまたは可能性

(a future prospect or potential)

this room has great possibilities この部屋には大きな可能性がある

4

存在したり起こったり、本当であることの可能性

(capability of existing or happening or being true)

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

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日英・英日専門用語辞書

possibility

実行可能な事柄，不確定権，可能性，不確定事実，実現性

クロスランゲージ 37分野専門語辞書

possibility

不確定権; 可能性; 不確定事実

斎藤和英大辞典

possibility

万一；若しもの事；憂い

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Possibility

可能

Weblio英和対訳辞書

possibility

見込み, 見込, 可能性, ポシビリティー, 可否, 濃厚

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あり得る事, 可能性

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Wiktionary英語版

possibility

出典:『Wiktionary』 (2013/04/16 06:15 UTC 版)

語源

From Middle English possibilite, from Old French possibilité, from Late Latin possibilitas (“possibility”), from Latin possibilis (“possible”); see possible.

名詞

possibility (複数形 possibilities)

1. The quality of being possible.
2. A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
3. An option or choice, usually used in context with future events.

同意語

• option
• choice
• contingency
• See also Wikisaurus:option

反意語

• impossibility

派生語

• logical possibility
• possibility theory

関連する語

• impossibility
• possible
• potence
• potency
• potent
• potentate
• potential
• potentiality
• power

外部リンク

• possibility in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• possibility in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911