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Abstract Possibility is one of the prominent modes in modal proposition and modal-complexes propositions. The contrast between possibility and necessity and application of possibility to different meanings and the existence of different interpretations for some of modalities in Aristotelian, Stoic and Sinic logic has led to various concepts for possibility and possible, such as universal possibility, specific possibility, particular possibility, inherent possibility, descriptive possibility, temporal possibility, real possibility, subjective possibility, transitive possibility, receptive possibility, as well as general possible, specific possible, temporal possible, temporal possible, and receptive possible. In addition to the wide range of usages of possibility and possible and the wide range of logical vocabulary related to them, the dispute among logicians about the conditions for describing something as possible has given rise to various debates and viewpoints according to each of them the concept of possibility and possible differs, and it is obvious that this can provide the basis for mistakes and fallacies. Comparatively examining the interpretations of possibility and possible in Aristotelian, Stoic, and Sinic logic, evaluating the common terms surrounding them in each of these three logical schools, this study, therefore, separates and distinguishes each of these terms, in order to prevent mistakes on the modal of possibility and problematic propositions, and facilitate research about them.