probability
/ˌpɹɑ.bəˈbɪl.ə.ti/ noun B1- The state of being probable.
- An event that is likely to occur.
- The relative likelihood of an event happening.
- A number, between 0 and 1, expressing the precise likelihood of an event happening. · The probability of an event A occurring is denoted P(A).
Plural probabilities
From the library
Had she not seen him in Derbyshire, she might have supposed him capable of coming there with no other view than what was acknowledged; but she still thought him partial to Jane, and she wavered as to the greater probability of his coming there _with_ his friend’s permission, or being bold enough to come without it.
Douglas and Barker are both in a conspiracy to conceal something; that they aided the murderer’s escape—or at least that they reached the room before he escaped—and that they fabricated evidence of his escape through the window, whereas in all probability they had themselves let him go by lowering the bridge.
John Douglas himself could be, and the balance of probability was that with the connivance of his wife and his friend he was concealed in a house which had such conveniences for a fugitive, and awaiting quieter times when he could make his final escape.”
In all probability the murderer had a florid face, and the finger-nails of his right hand were remarkably long.
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