probability of occurrence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofprobabilityandoccurrence
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probability
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌprɒb.əˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ˌprɑː.bəˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
the level of possibility of something happening or ...
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occurrence
noun
uk/əˈkʌr.əns/us/əˈkɝː.əns/
something ...
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The basic idea is to estimate, by training, theprobabilityofoccurrenceof a chord, given its predecessors.
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According to this division, medial errors are about four times more likely than nonmedial ones, whereas all other categories have the sameprobabilityofoccurrence.
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That is, on these models, human linguistic performance involves choosing among competing alternants randomly, but according to theprobabilityofoccurrenceof each alternant.
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If at least one state has a lowprobabilityofoccurrence, then the time to convergence will exceed the period of stationarity of the process.
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It shows the child's treatment of the segmental level and the increasing adjustment to theprobabilityofoccurrenceof the most frequently recurring segments.
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The overall tendency reflects the globalprobabilityofoccurrenceof participial affix doubling.
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They have larger groups and home range sizes and disperse seeds to longer distances, increasing theprobabilityofoccurrenceof long-distance seed dispersal events.
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For brain injury, theprobabilityofoccurrencein many conditions is low, but the disutility when it occurs can be severe.
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Risk contains two elements: theprobabilityofoccurrenceand the disutility or harm that might befall.
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Across various conditions, children were instructed to attend to different emotions, and theprobabilityofoccurrence(rare or frequent) and task relevance (target/non-target) were manipulated.
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To assemble a list of infectious diseases that would likely occur, we considered the incubation period, seasonality of the disease,probabilityofoccurrence, and impact on the public.
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Over and above these concerns are the broader questions ofprobabilityofoccurrencewithin particular generic types of spoken text: most of our get-passives occur in narrating and reporting contexts.
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We then use this information to implement a semiparametric approach to forecast the expected variation in corn yield and theprobabilityofoccurrenceof extreme events conditional on climate predictors.
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On the crystallinity,probabilityofoccurrence, and rheology of lava and magma.
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In assessing a patient, making a diagnosis, and deciding on a treatment, they must judge not only each possible outcome's desirability but also itsprobabilityofoccurrence.
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On the crystallinity,probabilityofoccurrenceand rheology of lava and magma.
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The forecasted environmental factors are here classified with respect to theirprobabilityofoccurrenceand their impact on the company.
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