"likelihood" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪklihʊd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-likelihood.wav Forms: likelihoods [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English liklihode, equivalent to likely + -hood. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|liklihode}} Middle English liklihode, {{affix|en|likely|-hood}} likely + -hood Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (probability): εἰκός (eikós) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), egiantz (Basque), вероятност (verojatnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), probabilitat [feminine] (Catalan), 可能性 (kěnéngxìng) (Chinese Mandarin), waarschijnlijkheid (Dutch), todennäköisyys (Finnish), vraisemblance [feminine] (French), Wahrscheinlichkeit [feminine] (German), πιθανότητα (pithanótita) [feminine] (Greek), ενδεχόμενο (endechómeno) [neuter] (Greek), verosimiglianza [feminine] (Italian), verisimiglianza [feminine] (Italian), probabilità [feminine] (Italian), 可能性 (kanōsei) (alt: かのうせい) (Japanese), 가능성 (ganeungseong) (alt: 可能性) (Korean), веро́јатност (verójatnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), tūponotanga (Maori), Mäajlichkjeit [feminine] (Plautdietsch), prawdopodobieństwo [neuter] (Polish), probabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), probabilitate (Romanian), verosimilitate (Romanian), вероя́тность (verojátnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), vjerojatnost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), probabilidad [feminine] (Spanish), sannolikhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-likelihood-en-noun-rQbROfBX Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 14 38 16 31 Disambiguation of 'probability': 56 40 1 3
  2. (statistics, probability theory) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Probability theory, Statistics Translations (mathematical likelihood): вероятност (verojatnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), probabilitat [feminine] (Catalan), versemblança [feminine] (Catalan), 似然性 (sìránxìng) [Mainland-China] (Chinese Mandarin), 概似性 (gàisìxìng) [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), todennäköisyys (Finnish), vraisemblance (French), verosimiglianza (Italian), 尤度 (yūdo) (alt: ゆうど) (Japanese), веро́јатност (verójatnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), wiarygodność [feminine] (Polish), verossimilhança [feminine] (Portuguese), probabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), verosimilitud [feminine] (Spanish)
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  3. Likeness, resemblance. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (resemblance): прилика (prilika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), samankaltaisuus (Finnish), yhdennäköisyys (Finnish), сли́чност (slíčnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), podobieństwo [neuter] (Polish), semelhança [feminine] (Portuguese), схо́дство (sxódstvo) [neuter] (Russian)
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  4. (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable Translations (appearance): ulkonäkö (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-likelihood-en-noun-2uCDKwsy Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 14 38 16 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 8 35 26 31 Disambiguation of 'appearance': 1 1 13 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: likeliness, liability, odds Derived forms: in all likelihood, Whittle likelihood

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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