Table 4. Linguistic terms for risk... | Emerald Publishing

Table 4.

Linguistic terms for risk occurrence

Likelihood description	General interpretation	Fuzzy no.
Rare	Once every 5 years or more	[−2.25 − 0.25 1 3]
Unlikely	Once every 3 years	[1 3 5]
Possible	Once every 1–2 years	[3 5 7]
Likely	Once a year or often	[5 7 9]
Almost certain	Every week/month	[7 9 10 12.2]

Likelihood description	General interpretation	Fuzzy no.
Rare	Once every 5 years or more	[−2.25 − 0.25 1 3]
Unlikely	Once every 3 years	[1 3 5]
Possible	Once every 1–2 years	[3 5 7]
Likely	Once a year or often	[5 7 9]
Almost certain	Every week/month	[7 9 10 12.2]

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