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probability

n.

likelihood, possibility, contingency, hazard, plausibility, reasonableness, conceivability, prospect, likeliness, promise, possibility, chance, credibility, expectation, presumption, anticipation, practicability, feasibility, odds; see also chance 1, possibility 2.

Antonyms doubt*, improbability, doubtfulness.

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Another word for probability

noun

The likeliness of a given event occurring:

chance, likelihood, odds, possibility, prospect (used in plural). See likely

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What reason was there for assuming any probability of an uprising in the city?
They claim probability - moral certainty - mathematical certainty.
The second part of the Laws of Thought contained a corresponding attempt to discover a general method in probabilities, which should enable us from the given probabilities of any system of events to determine the consequent probability of any other event logically connected with the given events.
Christian Evidences - the strong probability of the resurrection of Christ and the consequent authority of his teaching.
News, 1902, 86, p. 5) obtained a substance of composition S312 (which in all probability is a chemical individual) as a reddish-coloured powder by the action of sulphuretted hydrogen on a solution of iodine trichloride.

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