NOUN | attribute | likeliness, likelihood | the probability of a specified outcome |
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Meaning | The probability of a specified outcome. | |
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Synonym | likelihood | |
Attributes | likely | Has a good chance of being the case or of coming about |
unlikely | Has little chance of being the case or coming about | |
Narrower | odds | The likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring |
Broader | probability | The quality of being probable |
Opposite | unlikelihood, unlikeliness | The improbability of a specified outcome |
Spanish | opción, probabilidad, verosimilitud | |
Catalan | opció, probabilitat, versemblança | |
Adjectives | likely | has a good chance of being the case or of coming about |
likely | likely but not certain to be or become true or real | |
likely | expected to become or be |
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