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They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
Nellie Bly

Meaning of "probability" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROBABILITY

probability  [ˌprɒbəˈbɪlɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROBABILITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Probability 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 PROBABILITY 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.

Definition of probability in the English dictionary

The first definition of probability in the dictionary is the condition of being probable. Other definition of probability is an event or other thing that is probable. Probability is also a measure or estimate of the degree of confidence one may have in the occurrence of an event, measured on a scale from zero to one. It may be defined as the proportion of favourable outcomes to the total number of possibilities if these are indifferent, or the proportion observed in a sample, or the limit of this as the sample size tends to infinity, or by more subjective criteria.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROBABILITY


ability
əˈbɪlɪtɪ
accessibility
əkˌsɛsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
accountability
əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪtɪ
affordability
əˌfɔːdəˈbɪlɪtɪ
availability
əˌveɪləˈbɪlɪtɪ
capability
ˌkeɪpəˈbɪlɪtɪ
compatibility
kəmˌpætɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
disability
ˌdɪsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
durability
ˌdjʊərəˈbɪlɪtɪ
eligibility
ˌɛlɪdʒɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
flexibility
ˌflɛksɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
inability
ˌɪnəˈbɪlɪtɪ
liability
ˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
mobility
məʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
nobility
nəʊˈbɪlɪtɪ
possibility
ˌpɒsɪˈbɪlɪtɪ
reliability
rɪˌlaɪəˈbɪlɪtɪ
responsibility
rɪˌspɒnsəˈbɪlɪtɪ
stability
stəˈbɪlɪtɪ
visibility
ˌvɪzɪˈbɪlɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROBABILITY

probabiliorism
probabiliorist
probabilism
probabilist
probabilistic
probabilistically
probabilities
probability density function
probability function
probability theory
probable
probable cause
probably
proball
proband
probang
probate
probate court
probation
probation officer

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROBABILITY

agility
facility
feasibility
fertility
functionality
hostility
humility
inevitability
instability
merchantability
profitability
suitability
susceptibility
sustainability
tranquility
usability
utility
variability
versatility
viability
vulnerability

Synonyms and antonyms of probability in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PROBABILITY»

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

Translation of «probability» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROBABILITY

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

Translator English - Chinese

概率
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

probabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

probability
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संभावना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اِحْتِمَال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вероятность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

probabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্ভাবনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

probabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kebarangkalian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wahrscheinlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

見込み
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

개연성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Probabilitas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xác suất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிகழ்தகவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संभवनीयता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

olasılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

probabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawdopodobieństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

можливість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

probabilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πιθανότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waarskynlikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sannolikhet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sannsynlighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of probability

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROBABILITY»

The term «probability» is very widely used and occupies the 11.406 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROBABILITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «probability» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «probability» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «PROBABILITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word probability.
1
Buzz Aldrin
There may be aliens in our Milky Way galaxy, and there are billions of other galaxies. The probability is almost certain that there is life somewhere in space.
2
Rudolf Arnheim
Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but with the overall distribution of kinds of items in a given arrangement.
3
Walter Bagehot
Life is a school of probability.
4
Marek Belka
It's not about the pace, it's about the direction we've set. The pace is of course a function of many factors, including the magnitude of the supply shock. But what's probably more important is the probability of the supply shock translating into sustainable embedded inflation.
5
Hans Bender
Free yourself from the rigid conduct of tradition and open yourself to the new forms of probability.
6
Earl Blumenauer
A property in the 100-year floodplain has a 96 percent chance of being flooded in the next hundred years without global warming. The fact that several years go by without a flood does not change that probability.
7
Nellie Bly
They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors!
8
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.
9
Zbigniew Brzezinski
We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
10
Vannevar Bush
If scientific reasoning were limited to the logical processes of arithmetic, we should not get very far in our understanding of the physical world. One might as well attempt to grasp the game of poker entirely by the use of the mathematics of probability.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROBABILITY»

Discover the use of probability in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to probability and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Probability
In the Preface to the first edition, originally published in 1980, we mentioned that this book was based on the author's lectures in the Department of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Lomonosov University in Moscow, which were issued, in ...
Alʹbert Nikolaevich Shiri͡aev, 1996
2
Probability Theory: The Logic of Science
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E. T. Jaynes, G. Larry Bretthorst, 2003
3
Probability: Theory and Examples
Its philosophy is that the best way to learn probability is to see it in action, so there are 200 examples and 450 problems. The new edition begins with a short chapter on measure theory to orient readers new to the subject.
Rick Durrett, 2010
4
Probability: A Philosophical Introduction
This work presents the basic concepts of probability to philosophy students who are new to this area of the subject.
D. H. Mellor, 2005
5
Probability with Martingales
This is a masterly introduction to the modern and rigorous theory of probability.
David Williams, 1991
6
Probability
This is a textbook which will provide students with a straightforward introduction to the mathematical theory of probability.
Alan F. Karr, 1993
7
Probability
Approximation of Large-Scale Dynamical Systems
Leo Breiman, 1968
8
A Probability Path
Instead, A Probability Path is designed for those requiring a deep understanding of advanced probability for their research in statistics, applied probability, biology, operations research, mathematical finance, and engineering.
Sidney Resnick, 1999
9
Introduction to Probability
The text includes many computer programs that illustrate the algorithms or the methods of computation for important problems. The book is a beautiful introduction to probability theory at the beginning level.
James Laurie Snell, 2012
10
Understanding Probability
Using everyday examples to demystify probability, this classic is now in its third edition with new chapters, exercises and examples.
Henk Tijms, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROBABILITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term probability is used in the context of the following news items.
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Investing With A High Probability Of Global Recession
Recent events and key economic models point to a high probability of a global recession. Ground zero of the coming global recession is likely ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
With Johnny Cueto, Only One Team Has a Higher Probability of …
With Johnny Cueto, Only One Team Has a Higher Probability of Winning the World Series Than the Royals. 3. 2015 AFC East Preview: Can ... «numberFire, Jul 15»
3
John Farrell: David Ortiz's Hall Of Fame Probability 'Continues To …
“But as long as David stays healthy and is capable of producing as he's done for so many years, with each passing day, the probability of him ... «NESN.com, Jul 15»
4
Assessing the Probability of a Massive Cascadia Earthquake
Watching the waves spill onto the beach in Clatsop County, Oregon, it's easy to forget that the nearby houses are doomed. The Pacific waters ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
Athletics get catcher with upside, high-probability pitcher for Kazmir
He doesn't have a ton of upside, but he's a high-probability big leaguer with the tools to start. Mengden is similar to current A's rotation member ... «CBSSports.com, Jul 15»
6
Tsunami probability 'extremely low'
Actually, the likelihood of Barbados experiencing a tsunami as a result of the eruption of underwater volcano Kick 'em Jenny is very low, said ... «Nation News, Jul 15»
7
Moody's Says Probability Of Puerto Rican Default 'Approaching 100%'
Reuters released new comments from Moody's on Puerto Rico's debt crisis on Wednesday afternoon. According to Moody's, "probability of ... «Benzinga, Jul 15»
8
Probability Rates of Players Going From SHL to NHL Based on Age
Here is some probability data that shows how frequent players from the SHL make the NHL based on what age they leave. Once again ... «Hockeybuzz.com, Jul 15»
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Study: Probability of Obese People Reaching 'Normal' Weight Less …
WASHINGTON — Despite the fact that the diet industry does several billion dollars worth of business in the U.S. alone each year, a new study ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
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Turkish PM: 'High probability' ISIS to blame for suicide bombing that …
Turkish PM: 'High probability' ISIS to blame for suicide bombing that killed 32 people. AN Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist is suspected of killing 32 ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

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