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likelihood

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like·li·hood  (lkl-hd)
n.
1. The state of being probable; probability.
2. Something probable.

likelihood
Noun
chance; probability
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.likelihood - the probability of a specified outcome
probability - the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event; "for a while mutiny seemed a probability"; "going by past experience there was a high probability that the visitors were lost"
odds - the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring
unlikelihood, unlikeliness - the improbability of a specified outcome

likelihood
noun probability, chance, possibility, prospect, liability, good chance, strong possibility, reasonableness, likeliness
Translations
Spanish likelihood [ˈlaɪklɪhud] nprobabilidad f;
in all likelihood → según todas las probabilidades

French likelihood [ˈlaɪklɪhud] nprobabilité f;
in all likelihood → selon toute vraisemblance

German likelihood [ˈlaɪklɪhud] nWahrscheinlichkeit f;
there is every likelihood that ... → es ist sehr wahrscheinlich, dass ...;
in all likelihood → aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach

Italian likelihood [ˈlaɪklɪhud] nprobabilità;
in all likelihood → con ogni probabilità, molto probabilmente

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Whatever may be the determination of Pennsylvania, if the Northern Confederacy includes New Jersey, there is no likelihood of more than one confederacy to the south of that State.
But once the irrational has been introduced and an air of likelihood imparted to it, we must accept it in spite of the absurdity.
One would have thought that nothing could be simpler than for him, a man of good family, rather rich than poor, and thirty-two years old, to make the young Princess Shtcherbatskaya an offer of marriage; in all likelihood he would at once have been looked upon as a good match.
 
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