fifty-fifties
Coin flip chances
Fifty-fifties are situations with equal odds of two outcomes—a coin flip's chance.
The term appears in skiing and skateboarding for a grind where the board slides along an obstacle with weight distributed evenly across both trucks: He landed a clean fifty-fifty on the rail.
In everyday speech, fifty-fifties describe uncertain propositions: The surgery's success is fifty-fifties at best.
Outcome with equal chances
- coinflipRandom binary outcome
- even oddsEqual probability both ways
- splitSeparation into parts
- equipoiseEqual distribution of weight
parity · balanced · level · equal chance · dead heat · tie · draw · stalemate
Chance something will occur
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- percentagesFractions of a hundred
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- randomnessLack of predictable pattern
prediction · estimation · calculation · odds · uncertainty · variance · distribution · stochastic
Lack of firm belief
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- indecisionFailure to decide
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
- unpredictabilityState resisting forecasts
unknown · iffiness · tentativeness · questionable · iffy · touch and go · up in the air · on the fence
toss-up
Outcome with equal chances
equipoise · parity · balanced · level · equal chance · dead heat · tie · draw · stalemate · standoff
likelihood
Chance something will occur
- chanceLikelihood of occurrence
- percentagesFractions of a hundred
- statisticsCollected numerical information
randomness · prediction · estimation · calculation · odds · uncertainty · variance · distribution · stochastic · sampling
doubt
Lack of firm belief
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
- indecisionFailure to decide
- ambiguityOpenness to multiple interpretations
unpredictability · unknown · iffiness · tentativeness · questionable · iffy · touch and go · up in the air · on the fence
betting
Staking money on outcomes
bookmaker · payout · bet · gambler · handicap · wager · sportsbook · proposition bet · parlay · line
fifty-fiftiessure things
Guaranteed outcomes
certainties · guarantees · locks · dead certs · foregone conclusions
fifty-fifty, fifty, five, fifth, fifths, fiftieth, fiftieths, fifteen, fifteenth