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likelihood
/ˈlaɪkliˌhʊd/
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What does likelihood mean?
noun
- The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.
- The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
- Likeness, resemblance.
More meanings (1)
noun
- (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈlaɪkliˌhʊd/
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There may have been, in all likelihood, something of a secret grudge and private animosity which he had against the Megarians.
When the doctor came he said that death had been instantaneous and probably painless, caused in all likelihood by some sudden shock.
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Well, there seemed little to worry about on that score, for the likelihood of my ever escaping the blacks was extremely remote.
In the case of the use of an identical sign for identical goods or services, a likelihood of confusion shall be presumed.
That rusty black hat with the drooping red flower, it might not be Ona’s, but there was very little likelihood of it.