English Online Dictionary. What means likelihood? What does likelihood mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English liklihode, equivalent to likely + -hood.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaɪklihʊd/
Noun
likelihood (countable and uncountable, plural likelihoods)
- The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.
- (statistics, probability theory) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
- Likeness, resemblance.
- (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.
Synonyms
- likeliness
- liability
- odds
Antonyms
- unlikelihood
Derived terms
- in all likelihood
- Whittle likelihood