kemungkinan

Indonesian

Etymology

mungkin (possibly, perhaps) +‎ ke- -an

Pronunciation

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

Noun

kemungkinan (first-person possessive kemungkinanku, second-person possessive kemungkinanmu, third-person possessive kemungkinannya)

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

• “kemungkinan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.