Definition of probability

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Probability (n.) Likelihood of the occurrence of any event in the doctrine of chances, or the ratio of the number of favorable chances to the whole number of chances, favorable and unfavorable. See 1st Chance, n., 5..

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Acatalepsy :: Acatalepsy (n.) Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability..
Likely :: Likely (adv.) In all probability; probably.
Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability..
Presumptive :: Presumptive (a.) Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof..
Presumptively :: Presumptively (adv.) By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably..
Likely :: Likely (a.) Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain..
Morally :: Morally (adv.) In a manner calculated to serve as the basis of action; according to the usual course of things and human judgment; according to reason and probability.
Possible :: Possible (a.) Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that Judas meant no wrong..
Likeliness :: Likeliness (n.) Likelihood; probability.
Verisimilitude :: Verisimilitude (n.) The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; probability; likelihood.
Dislikelihood :: Dislikelihood (n.) The want of likelihood; improbability.
Probality :: Probality (n.) Probability.
Inverisimilitude :: Inverisimilitude (n.) Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.
Chance :: Chance (n.) Probability.
Infer :: Infer (v. t.) To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence..
Likelihood :: Likelihood (n.) Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude.
Appearance :: Appearance (n.) Probability; likelihood.
Odds :: Odds (a.) Difference in favor of one and against another; excess of one of two things or numbers over the other; inequality; advantage; superiority; hence, excess of chances; probability..
Probability :: Probability (n.) That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth.
Probabilist :: Probabilist (n.) One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions..
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