Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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probability

UK /ˌpɹɒb.əˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ · US /ˌpɹɑ.bəˈbɪl.ə.ti/ noun

Forms probabilities

  1. noun The state of being probable.
  2. noun An event that is likely to occur.
  3. noun The relative likelihood of an event happening.
  4. noun (mathematics) 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).”

Synonyms

likelihood likeliness probableness probality chance

Antonyms

improbability

Etymology

From Middle French probabilité, from Latin probābilitās (“probability, credibility”), from probābilis (“probable, credible”).

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The quality or state of being probable; appearance of reality or truth; reasonable ground of presumption; likelihood.
  2. noun That which is or appears probable; anything that has the appearance of reality or truth.

Etymology [L. probabilitas: cf. F. probabilité.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “probability”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “probability” (best matches first).

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