probability

English

Etymology

From Latin probabilitas (“probability, credibility”), from probabilis (“probable, credible”); see probable.

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Noun

Wikipedia probability (plural probabilities)

1. the state of being probable; likelihood
2. an event that is likely to occur
3. the relative likelihood of an event happening
4. (mathematics) a number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening

Derived terms

• conditional probability
• frequency probability
• joint probability
• propensity probability

Related terms

• probable

Translations

state of being probable; likelihood

• Catalan: probabilitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可能性 (cmn) (kěnéngxìng)

• Dutch: waarschijnlijkheid (nl) f
• Finnish: todennäköisyys (fi)
• French: probabilité (fr)
• Galician: probabilidade (gl) f
• German: Wahrscheinlichkeit (de) f
• Greek: πιθανότητα (el) (pithanótita) f
• Italian: probabilità (it) f
• Japanese: 確率 (ja) (かくりつ, kakuritsu)

• Latin: probabilitas (la)
• Latvian: varbūtība (lv) f
• Macedonian: веројатност (mk) (verojátnost) f
• Polish: prawdopodobieństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: probabilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: probabilitate (ro) f
• Russian: вероятность (ru) (verojátnost') f
• Serbo-Croatian: vjerojatnost (sh) f
• Spanish: probabilidad (es) f
• Swedish: sannolikhet (sv) c

event that is likely to occur

• Catalan: probabilitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可能的事 (kěnéng de shì)

• Finnish: todennäköinen tapahtuma (fi)

• Galician: probabilidade (gl) f
• Italian: probabilità (it) f
• Latin: probabilitas (la)
• Macedonian: веројатност (mk) (verojátnost) f
• Serbo-Croatian: vjerojatnost (sh) f
• Spanish: probabilidad (es) f

relative likelihood of an event happening

• Catalan: probabilitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可能性 (cmn) (kěnéngxìng)

• Finnish: todennäköisyys (fi)
• Galician: probabilidade (gl) f
• Italian: probabilità (it) f

• Latin: probabilitas (la) f
• Latvian: varbūtība (lv) f
• Macedonian: веројатност (mk) (verojátnost) f
• Portuguese: probabilidade (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: vjerojatnost (sh) f
• Spanish: probabilidad (es) f

mathematical probability

• Catalan: probabilitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幾率 (cmn), 几率 (cmn) (jīlǜ), 概率 (cmn) (gàilǜ)

• Czech: pravděpodobnost (cs) f
• Finnish: todennäköisyys (fi)
• Galician: probabilidade (gl) f
• German: Wahrscheinlichkeit (de) f
• Greek: πιθανότητα (el) (pithanótita) f, πιθανότητα (el) (pithanótita) f

• Italian: probabilità (it) f
• Latin: probabilitas (la) f
• Latvian: varbūtība (lv) f
• Macedonian: веројатност (mk) (verojátnost) f
• Polish: prawdopodobieństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: probabilidade (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: vjerojatnost (sh) f
• Spanish: probabilidad (es) f

See also

• odds
• possibility
• verisimilitude

External links

• probability in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• probability in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911