probability
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- noun
- /ˌprɒbəˈbɪləti/
- Doctors often discuss the probability of recovery based on a patient's condition.
- a low probability
- a high probability
- probability of success
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Watch on YouTubeIs it because we don't understand probability or or what?
- Is it because we don't understand probability or or what?
- These are called low probability but high consequence events.
- I said no, no, no, no, high probability of success, huge risk.
- And I can ask you, what's the probability that that is five?
- If something like GRW is true, those two probabilities are the same OK.
- So again, it's not a high probability of it playing out.
- And the more people that travel, the more the probability of change.
- I should, you know, reason that there's a high probability that this will produce this.
- And where did I fail to look so that the probability of my failure was higher?
Examples
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The probability of rain tomorrow is 70 percent, so you should take an umbrella.
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These are called low probability but high consequence events.
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But if we're looking long term, your probability of winning goes way up.
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So, I realize that the probability of me winning this contest - is very, very low...
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These are called low probability, high consequence events.
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Do you know what the mathematical probability of that is?
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But such views underestimate the probability that China will be economically dominant in 20 years.
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Also, students who are not economically disadvantaged have the smallest probability of dropping out.
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And I'd say there's a 60 percent probability he's there.
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Probability is like gravity.
Synonyms
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Possibility that something will happen, often an opportunity or risk
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The chance that something will happen, often shown by numbers used for betting
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The chance that something will happen
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The chance that something will happen
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How likely it is to rain at a time or place
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The chance that something will happen
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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The chance that an event happens when you know another event already happened
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A part of math that studies chance and how likely events are
- Specialized
The chance that something happens after something else has happened
How Likely
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Probability comes from the Latin word probare, which means 'to test' or 'to prove', and it shares the same root as the everyday words prove and probable. So probability is a way to show how 'likely' something is to happen.