No. 2,432 in Dutch
waarschijnlijkheid
Probability; likelihood.
In a sentence
Er is een grote waarschijnlijkheid dat het morgen gaat regenen.
There is a high probability that it will rain tomorrow.
In this sentence, 'waarschijnlijkheid' is used to express the concept of probability or likelihood regarding an event.
De waarschijnlijkheid van die gebeurtenis is zeer laag.
The likelihood of that event is very low.
Here, 'waarschijnlijkheid' serves to indicate the measure of how plausible or probable an event is deemed to be.
De uitkomst van het experiment hangt af van de waarschijnlijkheid van succes.
The outcome of the experiment depends on the probability of success.
In this usage, 'waarschijnlijkheid' refers to a statistical or situational measure of possible success.
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