probability

Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɑb.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. 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
  2. noun the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event

Etymology

From Middle French probabilité, from Latin probābilitās (“probability, credibility”), from probābilis (“probable, credible”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

chance

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
measure
Narrower (hyponyms)
risk, cross section, fat chance, joint probability, exceedance, conditional probability

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