kemungkinan

Indonesian

Etymology

From mungkin (possibly, perhaps) +‎ ke- -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /kəmuŋˈkinan/ [kə.muŋˈki.nan]
  • Rhymes: -inan
  • Syllabification: ke‧mung‧ki‧nan

Noun

kemungkinan (plural kemungkinan-kemungkinan)

  1. possibility
  2. likelihood:
    1. the probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable
    2. (statistics) the probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter
  3. (mathematics) odds: the ratio of the probability of an event happening to that of it not happening
    Synonyms: kans, kecenderungan, peluang

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of mungkin +‎ ke- -an.

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /kəmuŋˈkenan/ [kə.muŋˈke.nan]
    • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • (Baku) IPA(key): /kəmuŋˈkinan/ [kə.muŋˈki.nan]
  • Hyphenation: ke‧mung‧kin‧an

Noun

kemungkinan (Jawi spelling کموڠکينن)

  1. Possibility:
    1. The state of being possible.
    2. The likelihood of something.
      Synonym: kebarangkalian

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