possibility

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Possible and probable
add credence to something
always
anything's possibleidiom
arguably
as never beforeidiom
bet
fair
houseroom
I shouldn't wonderidiom
in with a chance
it isn't over until the fat lady singsidiom
lean
manage
probabilistically
probability
probable
probably
prospective
tend
tip

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Ways of achieving things

avenue | American Dictionary

avenue
noun[ C ]
us/ˈæv·ənˌju, -əˌnu/

avenuenoun[C] (STREET)

a street, often a wide one, in a city or town:
Michigan Avenue in Chicago is famous for its elegant stores.

avenuenoun[C] (POSSIBILITY)

a method or way of doing something; a possibility:
China and the United States are exploring avenues of military cooperation.
Only two avenues are open to us – accept his offer or file a lawsuit.

Examples of avenue

avenue
There are also at least two other possible avenues for improving the models of user satisfaction.
Elaboration of the concept of cytokine-induced sickness behaviour in recent years has opened new avenues for understanding brain involvement in sickness and recovery processes.
Nevertheless, various media types offer avenues through which northern people can meet their educational, cultural, and political needs, and build cross-cultural understanding.
We commend their effort and suggest three avenues of research.
Such results have important practical implications for testing, and may suggest avenues for future training of vocabulary knowledge as well.
In restoring a place for the body and the species, biological approaches open avenues that have been closed to ethics, especially bioethics.
The results suggest several avenues for future research.
The collection of information through diverse avenues is important in order to minimise the potential of conflicts and embarrassment.
The facilitator can explore how beauty and experiential avenues connect us to a broader and more solid aspect of ourselves, that is, the existential self.
Logotherapy proposes three ways or basic avenues to explore "meaning": through creative, attitudinal, and experiential values.
The team's concrete and sy mbolic interventions created avenues of suppor t and connection, decreasing his isolation and mistrust.
One way that spiritual beliefs bring solace is through creating a framework for understanding death and directing avenues for hope.
Recognition of the spiritual dimension of the human experience broadens the avenues of compassionate medical care and is not limited by culture or religion.
We hope to pursue these avenues of research in the future.
The authors suggest several further avenues of research in which their findings could prove useful.
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avenue of appeal
There will be no further avenueofappeal to the immigration tribunal.
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