probability

• n. 可能性; 偶然; [数]偶発性.

名詞の接尾辞であるprobable、possible、-ityから。probabilityから派生。

probability (n.)

mid-15c., "quality of being probable," from Old French probabilite (14c.) and directly from Latin probabilitatem (nominative probabilitas) "credibility, probability," from probabilis (see probable). Meaning "something likely to be true" is from 1570s; mathematical sense is from 1718.

1. Formal talks are still said to be a possibility，not a probability .

正式会談はまだ可能性があると言われているが、可能性は低い。

2.The probability is that prices will rise rapidly.

物価が急速に上昇する可能性がある。

3.The probability that it will rain today is high.

今日は雨が降る可能性が高い。

4.In all probability ，we shall be away for a month.

私たちは1ヶ月離れる可能性が高い。

5.He must calculate the probability of failure.

失敗の確率を計算しなければならない。