Probability

Word PROBABILITY
Character 11
Hyphenation prob a bil i ty
Pronunciations /pɹɒbəˈbɪlɪti/

Definitions and meanings of "Probability"

What do we mean by probability?

The quality or condition of being probable; likelihood. noun

A probable situation, condition, or event. noun

The likelihood that a given event will occur. noun

A number, ranging from zero to one, expressing either the projected likelihood that a specific event will occur or the observed ratio of the number of actual occurrences to the number of possible occurrences. noun

(in all probability) Most probably; very likely. idiom

The state or character of being probable; likelihood; appearance of truth; that state of a case or question of fact which results from superior evidence or preponderation of argument on one side, inclining the mind to receive that as the truth, but leaving some room for doubt. noun

Quantitatively, that character of an argument or proposition of doubtful truth which consists in the frequency with which like propositions or arguments are found true in the course of experience. noun

Anything that has the appearance of reality or truth. noun

A statement of what is likely to happen; a forecast: applied in the plural by Cleveland Abbe to his daily weather-predictions in Cincinnati in 1869, and subsequently adopted by General Myer to designate the official weather-forecasts of the United States Signal Service. The same term had been similarly used by Leverrier in Paris since 1859. noun

The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood. noun

That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth. noun

Likelihood of the occurrence of any event in the doctrine of chances, or the ratio of the number of favorable chances to the whole number of chances, favorable and unfavorable. See 1st Chance, n., 5. noun

The state of being probable; likelihood noun

An event that is likely to occur noun

The relative likelihood of an event happening noun

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

A measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible noun

The quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event noun

The state of being probable; likelihood.

An event that is likely to occur.

The relative likelihood of an event happening.

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Probability

The word "probability" in example sentences

It is a doubt founded on a _positive_ opinion against the existence of the law, or its applicability to the case in point, an opinion fraught with probability, _solid, comparative, practical probability_. ❋ Joseph Rickaby (1888)

Note that it does not mean it will happen, just that the probability is approaching 1 or unity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Embracing Some Risk Two certified financial planners and a finance professor have come up with a system that manages what they call the "probability of failure." ❋ Kelly Greene (2011)

Whether both mutations happen in one individual, or one in a parent and the next in that individual's offspring, without the benefit of selection to expand the first mutation within the population, the probability is the same. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So, the probability is my child will opt for the Jesus movement. ❋ Jessica (2005)

Two certified financial planners and a finance professor have come up with a system that manages what they call the "probability of failure."

So, Hacking argues, what we call probability was not an object of thought that existed in embryo to become fully developed when some social need or technological opportunity encouraged mathematicians to study it more carefully.

Our trend estimate for Illinois shows Republican Mark Kirk ahead of Democrat Alexi Giannoulias by less than two percentage points (43.7% to 42.0%), with a win probability just within "toss-up" status. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

The world has not shown me that understanding of elementary probability is widespread, so I worry that these kind of tools will be misused/misunderstood. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Our trend estimate now shows her with a nearly three-point advantage (48.7% to 46.0%), enough to tip Colorado to lean Republican (based on Angle's current 79% win probability). ❋ Mark Blumenthal (2010)

In Uttar Pradesh, a woman has one in 42 lifetime risks of maternal death, the probability is just one in 500 in Kerala, the report says, according to PTI reports. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As long as the probability is not zero, then if the universe is spatially infinite we should expect life to arise somewhere in the infinite universe …. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Setting aside the party discipline thing and rejecting their own presidents nomination it is well within probability that the markets will now enter a period of unrest. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It makes an enormous difference in the probability of extremely rare events which distribution you choose -- events so rare that they're not likely to be in your sample that you use to fit at all, but in the limiting case the probability is incredibly important. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But progressives think the probability is decent so we should keep trying. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now some claims may be so contrary to our current understanding of the world that we might say something like this: We shouldn’t rule out the possibility in principle, but in practice the probability is so vanishingly small that we should exclude it from our analysis. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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