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prob·a·bil·i·ty Listen to audio/ˌprɑ:ˈbɪləti/ noun
plural prob·a·bil·i·ties
1 : the chance that something will happen [count] The probability [=likelihood] of an earthquake is low/high. There is a low/high probability that you will be chosen. [noncount] There is some probability of rain tomorrow.
2 [singular] : something that has a chance of happening
With the dark clouds moving in, rain seems more like a probability than a possibility.
3 : a measure of how often a particular event will happen if something (such as tossing a coin) is done repeatedly [count] The probability of a coin coming up heads is one out of every two tries. [noncount] the laws of probability
in all probability
: almost certainly : very likely
In all probability, he will go home tomorrow. We will contact you, in all probability, next week.

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