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probability
[ prob-uh-bil-i-tee ]
noun
- the quality or fact of being probable.
- a strong likelihood or chance of something:
The probability of the book's success makes us optimistic.
- a probable event, circumstance, etc.:
Our going to China is a probability.
- Statistics.
- the relative possibility that an event will occur, as expressed by the ratio of the number of actual occurrences to the total number of possible occurrences.
- the relative frequency with which an event occurs or is likely to occur.
probability
/ ËŒ±è°ùÉ’²úəˈ²úɪ±ôɪ³Ùɪ /
noun
- the condition of being probable
- an event or other thing that is probable
- statistics a measure or estimate of the degree of confidence one may have in the occurrence of an event, measured on a scale from zero (impossibility) to one (certainty). It may be defined as the proportion of favourable outcomes to the total number of possibilities if these are indifferent ( mathematical probability ), or the proportion observed in a sample ( empirical probability ), or the limit of this as the sample size tends to infinity ( relative frequency ), or by more subjective criteria ( subjective probability )
probability
/ ±è°ùŲú′ə-²úıô′Ä-³Ùŧ /
- A number expressing the likelihood of the occurrence of a given event, especially a fraction expressing how many times the event will happen in a given number of tests or experiments. For example, when rolling a six-sided die, the probability of rolling a particular side is 1 in 6, or 1 6 .
probability
- A number between zero and one that shows how likely a certain event is. Usually, probability is expressed as a ratio : the number of experimental results that would produce the event divided by the number of experimental results considered possible. Thus, the probability of drawing the ten of clubs from an ordinary deck of cards is one in fifty-two (1:52), or one fifty-second.
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²Ô´Ç²Ôp°ù´Ç²ú·²¹Â·²ú¾±±ôi·³Ù²â noun plural nonprobabilities
- ²õ³Üp±ð°ù·±è°ù´Ç²úa·²ú¾±±ôi·³Ù²â noun plural superprobabilities
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of probability1
Idioms and Phrases
- in all probability, very probably; quite likely:
The factory will in all probability be relocated.
More idioms and phrases containing probability
see in all probability .Example Sentences
As they confront a complex legal system and a government that seeks to deport them, the children will find fewer pro bono lawyers available and face a growing probability of deportation.
Cal Fire’s model instead accounts for the vegetation type, topology, climate and weather for wildland areas to calculate the probability of an area burning and the likely intensity of the blaze.
The agency notes it can calculate earthquake probability in a particular region within a certain number of years - but that's as close as they can come.
The recall is classified as Class II, meaning the products “may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote,†per the agency.
Said general manager Les Snead: “When you get into probabilities, that would be the least likely.â€
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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