likelihood
About 10.51 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun 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.
- noun The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
- noun Likeness, resemblance.
- noun Appearance, show, sign, expression.
Similar words
likeliness odds probability likely eventuality probable possibility option potential reasonability
Often followed by
of that ratio function is estimation estimates and for
Word family
in all likelihood likelihoods
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