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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
probability
/pɹɒbəˈbɪlɪti/
noun
what the chances are that something will happen
- “In all probability, no language is completely free of borrowed words.”Tatoeba
- “I think there is little probability of his succeeding in the enterprise.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)