probability

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UK /ˌpɹɒbəˈbɪlɪti/ US /ˌpɹɑbəˈbɪlɪti/

noun 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

high, real, strong

There's a strong probability that Sarah will arrive late because of the traffic.

greater, increased | low

QUANT

degree

There is a high degree of probability that it will rain this weekend.

VERB + PROBABILITY

have | increase | reduce | assess, calculate, judge

PREP

~ of

There is a low probability of rain tomorrow, so we can plan the picnic.

PHRASES

in all probability

In all probability, the meeting will be postponed until next week.

on a balance of probabilities

The judge decided on a balance of probabilities that the defendant was guilty of the crime.

Definitions

noun

The state of being probable.

For, a man may with as great probability derive the Scots pedigree from the Gods, as from Scota that ſuppoſed and counterfeit daughter of the Ægyptian King Pharao, wedded (forſooth) unto Gaithelus, the ſonne of Cecrops founder of Athens. But, as this conceit ariſing from the unskilfulneſſe of Antiquitie, is of the better ſort of ingenuous Scots rejected: […]

Thus, firſt Traditions were a proof alone; / Cou’d we be certain ſuch they were ſo known: / But ſince ſome Flaws in long deſcent may be, / They make not Truth but Probability.

An event that is likely to occur.

These waters wash from the rocks such glistering tinctures, that the ground in some places seemeth as guilded, that better iudgements then ours might haue been perswaded, they contained more then probabilities.

As all experience shows, the probabilities are, that you will waste the rich treasure of your affection on one who has none to give in return, or who is wholly unworthy of the gift.

The relative likelihood of an event happening.

Hoyle said that the probability of life originating on Earth is no greater than the chance that a hurricane, sweeping through a scrapyard, would have the luck to assemble a Boeing 747.

A number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening.

The probability of an event A occurring is denoted P(A).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur

chance

Antonyms

improbability
improbableness

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Wiktionary

Thus, firſt Traditions were a proof alone; / Cou’d we be certain ſuch they were ſo known: / But ſince ſome Flaws in long deſcent may be, / They make not Truth but Probability.

Wiktionary

As Demonſtration is the ſhewing the agreement, or diſagreement of two Ideas, by the intervention of one or more Proofs, which have a conſtant, immutable, and viſible connexion one with another : ſo Pr

Wiktionary

There is very little probability of an agreement being reached.

Tatoeba · #19244

In all probability, the cabinet will fall.

Tatoeba · #40592

In all probability, the money will not be paid.

Tatoeba · #40593

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