Definition of probability

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Probability (n.) The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood.

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Probality :: Probality (n.) Probability.
Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability..
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..
Probabilist :: Probabilist (n.) One who maintains that a man may do that which has a probability of being right, or which is inculcated by teachers of authority, although other opinions may seem to him still more probable..
Likelihood :: Likelihood (n.) Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude.
Likeliness :: Likeliness (n.) Likelihood; probability.
Discriminate :: Discriminate (v. i.) To make a difference or distinction; to distinguish accurately; as, in judging of evidence, we should be careful to discriminate between probability and slight presumption..
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..
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 (a.) Having probability; having or giving reason to expect; -- followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain..
Probabilist :: Probabilist (n.) One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions..
Presumptively :: Presumptively (adv.) By presumption, or supposition grounded or probability; presumably..
Dislikelihood :: Dislikelihood (n.) The want of likelihood; improbability.
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..
Presumptive :: Presumptive (a.) Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof..
Improbability :: Improbability (n.) The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result..
Appearance :: Appearance (n.) Probability; likelihood.
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.
Probability :: Probability (n.) That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth.
Inverisimilitude :: Inverisimilitude (n.) Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.
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