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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Capable of being anticipated, considered, or imagined: conceivable, earthly, imaginable, mortal, possible, thinkable. Idioms: humanly possible, within the bounds (or range) (or realm) of possibility. See POSSIBLE. 2. Inspiring confidence or hope: cheering, encouraging, heartening, hopeful, promising. See HELP. 3. Having or showing a tendency or likelihood: apt, disposed, given, inclined, liable, prone. See LIKELY. 4. Based on probability or presumption: assumptive, presumable, presumptive, probable, prospective. Idioms: taken for granted. See BELIEF, LIKELY. 5. Having a chance of happening or being true: contingent, possible, probable. See LIKELY.
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