Possible vs Postulated - What's the difference?

possible | postulated | Related terms |

Possible is a related term of postulated.

As an adjective possible

is (usually|not comparable) able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.

As a noun possible

is a possible one.

As a verb postulated is

(postulate).

possible

English

Adjective

(en-adj)

(usually, not comparable) Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.

, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;

(comparable) Capable of being done or achieved; feasible.

* {{quote-book, 1901, Louis Freeland Smith, The Public, volume=4, page=438, pageurl=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.30000080738168&page=search;seq=444;view=image;num=438

, passage=And success in minor degree, in the sense in which he uses the term "success," is only somewhat more possible than success in winning the White House chair.}}

* {{quote-news, 1993, September 10, Lee Michael Katz, Expectant Mideast hopes to bear twin peace deals, USA Today, page=2A citation

, passage=Peace between Israel and the Arab countries is "more possible than any time before," says ex-Arab League U.N. ambassador Clovis Maskoud. }}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible . Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}

Being considered, e.g. for a position.

Derived terms

* as much as possible * ASAP (as soon as possible) * possibly

Antonyms

* (able but not certain to happen) certain, inevitable, impossible * (capable of being done) impossible

Noun

(en noun)

A possible one

(colloquial, rare) A possible choice, notably someone being considered for a position.

Jones is a possible for the new opening in sales.

(rare) A particular event that may happen.

Synonyms

* possibility * option

Antonyms

* impossible * no-go

Statistics

External links

* *

Anagrams

* 1000 English basic words ----

postulated

English

Verb

(head)

(postulate)

postulate

English

(wikipedia postulate)

Noun

(en noun)

Something assumed without proof as being self-evident or generally accepted, especially when used as a basis for an argument.

A fundamental element; a basic principle.

(logic) An axiom.

A requirement; a prerequisite.

Verb

(postulat)

To assume as a truthful or accurate premise or axiom, especially as a basis of an argument.

* 1883 , , Prop. XXII,

But this pleasure or pain is postulated to come to us accompanied by the idea of an external cause;

* 1911 , Encyclopædia Britannica , "",

[T]he attempt to arrive at a physical explanation of existence led the Ionian thinkers to postulate various primal elements or simply the infinite ?? ???????.

(ambitransitive, Christianity, historical) To appoint or request one's appointment to an ecclesiastical office.

* 1874 , John Small (ed.), The Poetical Works of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld , Vol 1, p. xvi

[A]lthough Douglas was postulated to it [the Abbacy of Arbroath], and signed letters and papers under this designation his nomination was never completed.

(ambitransitive, obsolete) To request, demand or claim for oneself.

Adjective

(-)

Postulated.

(Hudibras)

English heteronyms ----