low probability
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflowandprobability
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low
adjective
uk/ləʊ/us/loʊ/
not measuring much from the base to ...
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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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(Definition oflowandprobabilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Note that children in this study were compared on their productions of identical codas across high andlowprobabilityenvironments.
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There is a verylowprobabilitythat the outlier and non-outlier subsets could be samples randomly drawn from the same underlying population.
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As drops, the party can impose tighter constraints on the candidates, forcing them to run on platforms with a verylowprobabilityof victory.
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Alternatively, listeners might find it difficult to process low transitional probability sequences, which could lead to slower reaction times whenever alowprobabilitysequence appears.
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Thus, the predictors of age of first production varied acrosslowprobabilityversus high probability words.
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If some conditionals have an extremelylowprobability, their negations are extremely probable.
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The phonotactic parameter, reflecting the contribution of phonotactic knowledge, was computed as the difference between the serial recall of high probability andlowprobabilitynonwords.
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It is unlikely that a bird will have alowprobabilityof being campylobacter-positive.
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In addition to thelowprobabilityof reaching the definitive host, establishment success in this host may be quite low.
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In the competitive districts, the minority candidates run on 'centrist' platforms that have relativelylowprobabilityof victory.
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For large particles this condition may be relaxed t o requiring alowprobabilityof having more than one particle in the beam path.
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This lack of data is easily explained by adverse working conditions and thelowprobabilityof experiencing unusually dry conditions during a short-term field expedition.
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And a mere risk with alowprobabilityof occurring might appear of little relevance in the light of many other more immediate real problems.
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In this model, ungrammaticality rather becomes equivalent with verylowprobability.
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