likelihood
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likelihood
- /ˈlaɪklihʊd/
Rhymes with -ʊd
Where it comes from
From Middle English liklihode, equivalent to likely + -hood.
noun likelihoods · likelyhood
- The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable. In all likelihood the meeting will be cancelled.
- The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
- Likeness, resemblance. There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, […]or between righteousness and reprobation.
- Appearance, show, sign, expression.
Similar: likeliness, liability, odds
