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Probability

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

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Amount 76% connected

To go up; to ascend.

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Measure 76% connected

A standard of dimension; a fixed unit of quantity or extent; an extent or quantity in the fractions or multiples of which anything is estimated and s…

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Quantity 76% connected

To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

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Likelihood 76% connected

Appearance; show; sign; expression.

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Likeliness 76% connected

Likelihood; probability.

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Risk 76% connected

Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.

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Probable 74% connected

Capable of being proved.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Probable 74% connected

Capable of being proved.

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Synonym 1

Chance 92% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Improbability 94% connected

The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.

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Improbability 94% connected

The quality or state of being improbable; unlikelihood; also, that which is improbable; an improbable event or result.

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