probabilities
Sayprob-uh-BIL-i-teezUS/ˌpɹɑbəˈbɪlɪtiz/UK/ˌpɹɒbəˈbɪlɪtiz/
- 1Plural of probability.
The model estimates the probabilities of rain for each day this week.
Casinos rely on the probabilities favoring the house over thousands of bets.
Note
A regular -ies plural with two distinct uses. In statistics each probability is a number between 0 and 1, so a model assigns probabilities to outcomes, and across a complete set of exclusive outcomes they sum to one. In ordinary prose the plural means likely events, as when someone weighs the probabilities before deciding. The abstract quality of being probable seldom needs a plural at all.
probabilities is a form of probability
probability, noun: The relative likelihood that a given event will happen. Full entry
- Forms
- probabilityprobabilities plural
- Spelling
- probability → probabilities: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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