ˌpräbəˈbiləd.ē, -lətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle French probabilité, from Latin probabilitat-, probabilitas, from probabilis probable + -itat-, -itas -ity — more at probable
1. : the quality or state of being probable
such an incredible turn of events lacks probability
2. : something (as an occurrence, circumstance) that is probable
that this will happen is a probability
felt that the appointment was a decided probability
3.
a.
(1) : the ratio of the number of outcomes in an exhaustive set of equally likely outcomes that produce a given event to the total number of possible outcomes
(2) : the chance that a given event will occur
b. : a branch of mathematics concerned with the study of probabilities
4. : a logical relation between statements such that any evidence confirming one necessarily confirms the other to some degree
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- in all probability