Glossary entry

Urdu term or phrase:

imkaan

English translation:

Possibility

Added to glossary by Zarin Khan
Dec 24, 2003 15:13
20 yrs ago
Urdu term

imkaan

Non-PRO Urdu to English Science
Is baat kaa imkaan hai.

Thanks in anticipation for your suggestions!

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Possibility

There is a possibility of this.
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Possible;can or may happen

imkaan=hoo saknaa,mumkan hoona;majaal;plural amkanat[Feore-ul-lughaat]
This thing is possible
possible=that can be or exist;that may or may not happen;that can be done;permissable;

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pos·si·ble [ póssəb’l ]

adjective

1. able to happen: capable of happening or likely to happen in the future


2. maybe real or true: capable of being real, present, or true


3. capable of happening but unlikely: theoretically capable of being done, of happening, or of existing, although difficult or unlikely in practice


4. potential: having potential as a particular thing or for a particular purpose


5. proper: in keeping with convention, decorum, or tradition



noun (plural pos·si·bles)

possibility: somebody who or something that is a possibility


[14th century. Via French from Latin possibilis , from posse “to be able” (see potent1).]


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