Collocations for "possible"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "possible" in context.
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possible
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a possible [cure, breakthrough, discovery]
- (could be) a possible threat to
- are facing possible [problems, consequences, setbacks, layoffs]
- involves possible [risks, side effects]
- (the) possible [risks] involved
- [evaluate, research] its possible [benefits, uses]
- identify possible [solutions, options]
- are [many, three] possible [solutions]
- has a possible future [in, as]
- was the best possible [outcome, result]
- the best of all possible [worlds, outcomes]
- at the earliest possible [date, moment]
- as [soon, early, quickly] as possible
- as [soon] as is humanly possible
- as [well, quietly, calmly] as possible
- the [highest, fastest, strongest] possible
- [is, could be] possible to [make, finish, go]
- is certainly possible
- is possible that
- it's possible, I [guess, suppose]
- is not possible to [finish, complete, decipher]
- if (it's) at all possible
- would it be possible (for me) to
- would be possible [if, with]
- would not have been possible without
- is not [anatomically, physically, scientifically] possible
- [who, that, which] makes it (all) possible
- try to [go, stop, workout] whenever possible
- [two, three, five] possibles (for the job)
- [two] possibles for the [job, post, task]
- we have [one] no, [one] yes and [two] possibles
- the [edge, verge, point, limits] of the possible
'possible' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
a number of
- absolute
- abuse
- accommodate
- achieve
- actual
- advise
- agency
- alert
- appraisal
- array
- as
- attack
- avert
- avoid
- aware
- beforehand
- believe
- best
- boyfriend
- category
- certain
- chance
- closely
- clue
- compliment
- conception
- conflict
- consequence
- contingency
- cure
- degree
- desirable
- diagnosis
- discussion
- dispatch
- disruptive
- diverse
- economical
- effectively
- engagement
- engineer
- entirely
- equally
- era
- estimate
- evaluate
- examine
- extent
- extra