probability
The state of being probable.
Other meanings
An event that is likely to occur.
The relative likelihood of an event happening.
Synonyms
- likelihood
- chance
Related words
- equiprobability
- improbability
- isoprobability
- nonprobability
- probabilistic
- probit
- quasiprobability
- probability box
- conditional probability
- frequency probability
- probability-generating function
- in all probability
Word history
From Latin "probābilitās" (probability, credibility).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “probability” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.