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Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
James Anthony Froude

Meaning of "probabilities" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROBABILITIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROBABILITIES

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Probabilities is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROBABILITIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Probability

Probability is a measure of the likeliness that an event will occur. Probability is used to quantify an attitude of mind towards some proposition of whose truth we are not certain. The proposition of interest is usually of the form "Will a specific event occur?" The attitude of mind is of the form "How certain are we that the event will occur?" The certainty we adopt can be described in terms of a numerical measure and this number, between 0 and 1, we call probability. Thus the higher the probability of an event, the more certain we are that the event will occur. A simple example would be the toss of a fair coin. Since the 2 outcomes are deemed equiprobable, the probability of "heads" equals the probability of "tails" and each probability is 1/2 or equivalently a 50% chance of either "heads" or "tails". These concepts have been given an axiomatic mathematical formalization in probability theory, which is used widely in such areas of study as mathematics, statistics, finance, gambling, science, artificial intelligence/machine learning, computer science, and philosophy to, for example, draw inferences about the expected frequency of events.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROBABILITIES

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probability
probability density function
probability function
probability theory
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probable cause
probably
proball
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probate
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probation
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WORDS THAT END LIKE PROBABILITIES

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activities
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disabilities
entities
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humanities
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parties
possibilities
qualities
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responsibilities
universities
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Synonyms and antonyms of probabilities in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «PROBABILITIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «probabilities» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of probabilities

Translation of «probabilities» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROBABILITIES

Find out the translation of probabilities to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of probabilities from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «probabilities» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

概率
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

probabilidades
570 millions of speakers

English

probabilities
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संभावनाओं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاحتمالات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вероятности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

probabilidades
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্ভাব্যতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

probabilités
220 millions of speakers

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Kebarangkalian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wahrscheinlichkeiten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

確率
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

확률
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kemungkinan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xác suất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாத்தியக்கூறுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संभाव्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

olasılıklar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

probabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawdopodobieństwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ймовірності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

probabilităților
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πιθανοτήτων
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waarskynlikhede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sannolikheter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sannsynlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of probabilities

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROBABILITIES»

The term «probabilities» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.366 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROBABILITIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about probabilities

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8 QUOTES WITH «PROBABILITIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word probabilities.
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George Boole
Probability is expectation founded upon partial knowledge. A perfect acquaintance with all the circumstances affecting the occurrence of an event would change expectation into certainty, and leave nether room nor demand for a theory of probabilities.
2
Arthur Eddington
It is impossible to trap modern physics into predicting anything with perfect determinism because it deals with probabilities from the outset.
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Charles William Eliot
All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgements of probabilities, and not on certainties.
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James Anthony Froude
Philosophy goes no further than probabilities, and in every assertion keeps a doubt in reserve.
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Murray Gell-Mann
Sometimes the probabilities are very close to certainties, but they're never really certainties.
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William Reddington Hewlett
All business proceeds on beliefs, or judgments of probabilities, and not on certainties.
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Branch Rickey
I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to go places - uprightness and strength and courage and civil respect and anything that affects the probabilities of failure on the part of those that are closest to me, that concerns me - I find fault.
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Michael Shermer
Religious faith depends on a host of social, psychological and emotional factors that have little or nothing to do with probabilities, evidence and logic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROBABILITIES»

Discover the use of probabilities in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to probabilities and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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PROFILES, PROBABILITIES, AND STEREOTYPES
Frederick F Schauer. likely, this degree of acceptance is due in large part to the seeming lack of any plausible alternative. That many people will cheat on their taxes if given the chance is pretty much a given, and so is the impossibility of ...
Frederick F Schauer, 2009
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A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities
The single most famous piece introduced in this work is the rule of succession, which calculates the probability that a trial will be a success based on the number of times it has succeeded in the past.
Pierre Simon Marquis De Laplace, 2007
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Forex Patterns and Probabilities: Trading Strategies for ...
This book provides traders with step-by-step methodologies that are based on real market tendencies. The strategies in this book are presented clearly and in detail, so that anyone who wishes to can learn how to trade like a professional.
Ed Ponsi, 2010
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Philosophical Devices: Proofs, Probabilities, Possibilities, ...
This book is designed to explain the technical ideas that are taken for granted in much contemporary philosophical writing.
David Papineau, 2012
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Fuzzy Probabilities: New Approach and Applications
In probability calculations we apply constrained fuzzy arithmetic because probabilities must add to one. Fuzzy random variables have fuzzy distributions.
James J. Buckley, 2005
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Ruin Probabilities
The book gives a comprehensive treatment of the classical and modern ruin probability theory.
Søren Asmussen, Hansjörg Albrecher, 2010
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Probabilities in Physics
This volume provides a philosophical appraisal of probabilities in all of physics.
Claus Beisbart, Stephan Hartmann, 2011
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Computation of Multivariate Normal and t Probabilities
The book discusses methods for specialized problems as well as methods for general problems. The book includes examples that illustrate the probability computations for a variety of applications.
Alan Genz, Frank Bretz, 2009
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Probabilities: The Little Numbers That Rule Our Lives
Whether you like it or not, probabilities rule your life. If you have ever tried to make a living as a gambler, you are painfully aware of this, but even those of us with more mundane life stories are constantly affected by these little numbers.
Peter Olofsson, 2013
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The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through Small ...
This 1998 book breathes new life into classical design arguments, showing how incomplete undirected causes are for science.
William A. Dembski, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROBABILITIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term probabilities is used in the context of the following news items.
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The AL East: Postseason Probabilities Gone Wrong
Despite the fact that they're playoff probabilities sat as high as 76% in mid-April, it has fallen to a mere 1% in late July. Talk about a let down. «BoSox Injection, Jul 15»
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Philadelphia Eagles: Don't Buy In to Probabilities
The thing is, probabilities can never be wrong. Unless someone says that a probability is 0% or 100%, in other words an absolute certainty, ... «Inside the Iggles, Jul 15»
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Quantum Geopolitics
Constraints will apply, and probabilities will be assigned. But whatever the time, direction or dimension we are operating in when forecasting ... «STRATFOR, Jul 15»
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No other way
Probabilities are multiplicative. The only function which connects addition to multiplication is the logarithm. On his tombstone is marked:. «Science 2.0, Jul 15»
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Who's poor? Odds are, you at some point in your life.
It's also worth noting that these probabilities vary dramatically by demographics. Americans with at least some college education are more likely ... «Dallas Morning News, Jul 15»
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The Most Dangerous Nuclear Weapon in America's Arsenal
Indeed, according to Kristensen, existing U.S. nuclear bombs have circular error probabilities (CEP) of between 110-170 meters. The B61-12's ... «The National Interest Online, Jul 15»
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Whose fault is it if blacks can't get cabs?
This is fear – fear for one's own life, based on very real statistical probabilities. I suspect that if liberals like Belcher drove a cab, they would feel ... «American Thinker, Jul 15»
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El Niño Won't Solve California's Drought: Local Expert
“It's still a bit premature to know if we're going to have strong El Niño conditions during our wet season this winter, but the probabilities are ... «NBC 7 San Diego, Jul 15»
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White Sox, Samardzija wait out trade deadline week
Probabilities are against the Sox climbing over a half dozen bunched-up teams to win a wild-card berth, but the Sox stand to get a ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jul 15»
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Alberta Utilities Commission finds TransAlta's planned outages …
“In summary, the Commission finds that the MSA has demonstrated, on a balance of probabilities, that TransAlta's determination on the timing ... «Edmonton Sun, Jul 15»

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