Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The state of being probable; probability.
- n. Something probable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being likely or probable; probability; likeliness; promise.
- n. Promising state or appearance; standing; consideration.
- n. That which is probable; a probability; an indication.
- n. Likeness; resemblance; similarity.
Wiktionary
- n. The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.
- n. mathematics Shorthand for likelihood function; the probability that a real world experiment would generate a specific datum, as a function of the parameters of a mathematical model.
- n. Likeness, resemblance.
- n. archaic Appearance, show, sign, expression.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. obsolete Appearance; show; sign; expression.
- n. obsolete Likeness; resemblance.
- n. Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude.
- n. Statistical probability; probability of being true or of occurring in the future.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the probability of a specified outcome
Etymologies
- likely + -hood (Wiktionary)
Examples
“If you are going to be in a dangerous situation, the likelihood is there is somebody standing around with a gun to shoot something ..”
“But Marcy said that with so many Earth-size planets now expected to be orbiting distant suns - something on the order of 50,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 across the universe - the likelihood is high that many are in "habitable zones" where life can theoretically exist.”
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“Rather than challenge the Welsh MPs, the likelihood is that those very MPs will play an important role in the electoral college that will elect the new leader, meaning the candidates will be going out of their way to pet and pamper them.”
“On the other hand, the greater likelihood is that the current regime will remain in power and, if we want to have NEW dialogue with them, one way of ending the OLD dialogue is opening the door to more amicable personal relationships with their leadership.”
Officials: President Obama reconsidering July 4 invitations to Iran
“In the previous wheel the likelihood of exceeding 5°C was about 4%, but in the new wheels that likelihood is 57%.”
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“The weather today into tomorrow yields more of the same unsettled feel with frequently re-arranged sky conditions, warm breezes with occasional gusts, and sporadic showers that increase in likelihood tomorrow.”
“But, I think, if the president doesn't reach across the aisle and actually try to do things on a bipartisan basis, the likelihood is that not a whole lot of legislating will be done.”
“And I think the greatest likelihood is that he will resurface with some prominent job.”
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“With breakaway goals the likelihood is less, but still possible.”
“But because having a large majority means, by definition, holding many more vulnerable seats, the likelihood is that Republicans would have lost much more than 15.6 percent of their seats if they'd had another 54 seats to defend, and if unified government had left all the blame on their shoulders.”
The Washington Post: What the GDP numbers tell us about the election
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘likelihood’.
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SCIE - statistics
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Hoods
Inspired by comments over on muffinhood.
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But technically it means...
Words with technical senses resembling but not wholly reflective of vernacular usage, often because of a need for greater precision in some discipline or other.
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
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my dictionary
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big book gre
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Watchmen (2009)
Words from 2009 'Watchmen' film.
adversary, certitude, deterrent, stockpile, posturing, minuteman, vigilante, toss, flip, spook, carcass, tread and 174 more...
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Probability
likelihood, chance, odds, possibility, take a risk, unlikely, fantastic, imaginary, unreal, by chance, accidentally, 50% chance of rain and 1 more...
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edwardhenry's words
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