Definition of probability

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Probability (n.) That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth.

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Probality :: Probality (n.) Probability.
Antecedent :: Antecedent (a.) Presumptive; as, an antecedent improbability..
Inverisimilitude :: Inverisimilitude (n.) Want of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability.
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..
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..
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..
Dislikelihood :: Dislikelihood (n.) The want of likelihood; improbability.
Probabilist :: Probabilist (n.) One who maintains that certainty is impossible, and that probability alone is to govern our faith and actions..
Resemblance :: Resemblance (n.) Probability; verisimilitude.
Probability :: Probability (n.) That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth.
Chance :: Chance (n.) Probability.
Presume :: Presume (v. t.) To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose..
Verisimilitude :: Verisimilitude (n.) The quality or state of being verisimilar; the appearance of truth; 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..
Improbability :: Improbability (n.) The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result..
Probability :: 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..
Presumption :: Presumption (n.) Ground for presuming; evidence probable, but not conclusive; strong probability; reasonable supposition; as, the presumption is that an event has taken place..
Likelihood :: Likelihood (n.) Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude.
Probability :: Probability (n.) The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood.
Appearance :: Appearance (n.) Probability; likelihood.
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