likelihood

likelihood

synonyms, antonyms, definitions, examples & translations of likelihood in English

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English

Etymology

From likely +‎ -hood.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɪklihʊd/

Noun

likelihood (countable and uncountable, plural likelihoods)

  1. The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.
  2. (statistics, probability theory) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
  3. Likeness, resemblance.
  4. (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.

Synonyms

  • likeliness
  • odds

Antonyms

  • unlikelihood

Derived terms

  • in all likelihood
  • Whittle likelihood

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