PROBABILITY


Meaning of PROBABILITY in English

n. (pl. -ies)

1. the state or condition of being probable.

2 the likelihood of something happening.

3 a probable or most probable event (the probability is that they will come).

4 Math. the extent to which an event is likely to occur, measured by the ratio of the favourable cases to the whole number of cases possible.

Phrases and idioms:

in all probability most probably.

Etymology: F probabilit{eacute} or L probabilitas (as PROBABLE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.