probability
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible
the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5
Types & categories
- quantity hypernym
- conditional probability hyponym
- cross section hyponym
- exceedance hyponym
- fair chance hyponym
- fat chance hyponym
- joint probability hyponym
- risk of exposure hyponym
- risk of infection hyponym
Related & opposite
- probable derivation
- probabilistic derivation
Sense 2 noun
the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event
for a while mutiny seemed a probability
Types & categories
- quality hypernym
- likelihood hyponym
Related & opposite
- improbability antonym
- probable derivation
- probabilistic derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | probable |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | probabilistic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | quantity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conditional probability |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cross section |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exceedance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fair chance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fat chance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | joint probability |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | risk of exposure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | risk of infection |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | improbability |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | probable |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | probabilistic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | likelihood |