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stochastically

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /stəˈkæstɪkli/
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /stəˈkæstɪkəli/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S T OW0 K AE1 S T IH0 K AH0 L IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In a stochastic manner; by means of a process involving a randomly determined sequence of events.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

by stochastic means

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • we estimated the answer stochastically

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From stochastic + -ally.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: stokastisesti — in a stochastic manner
  • Galician: estocasticamente — in a stochastic manner
  • Greek: στοχαστικά (stochastiká) — in a stochastic manner
  • Italian: stocasticamente — in a stochastic manner
  • Spanish: estocásticamente — in a stochastic manner