likeliness

Examples

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• First, it is to understand the likeliness, the likelihood I should say, of any progress or improvement.

• So likeliness has to do with how probable something is.

• I don't know how being asked over and over again about the likeliness affects the actual likeliness to vote.

  Blog text (3)

• I don't know how being asked over and over again about the likeliness affects the actual likeliness to vote.

  Blog text (3)

• And we talked about the different symptoms that we were clustering together that would indicate a high likeliness to have COVID.

• The model suggests that the type of risk is a function of decision-making level, motive, and likeliness to repeat the risk.

  Academic text (1994)

• After adjusting for sociodemographic characteristics, perception of high likeliness of infection remained significantly associated with vaccine uptake (OR = 1.67; 95% CI = 1.03-2.69).

  Academic text (2013)

• The likeliness of rain tomorrow has increased, so don't forget your umbrella.

• Researchers are studying the likeliness of various outcomes from the experiment.

• The likeliness of winning the lottery is very low, but someone has to win eventually.

Synonyms

C

chance

vslikeliness

∞ 1.0

Possibility that something will happen, often an opportunity or risk

is the narrower, more technical idea about occurrence likelihood

P

possibility

vslikeliness

∞ 2.0

A chance that something may happen

focuses instead on assessing how often such events occur

P

probability

vslikeliness

473 3.6

The chance that something will happen, often shown as a number or percent

is the general idea without numeric emphasis

P

prospect

vslikeliness

425 3.3

A chance that something will happen in the future

is about measuring occurrence likelihood rather than giving expectations

L

likelihood

vslikeliness

274 3.6

The chance that something will happen

is the same meaning but uses a different word form

O

odds of

vslikeliness

106 3.5

The chance that something will happen

is the broader concept not focused on precise measurement

F

fair chance

vslikeliness

12 2.4

A good but not certain chance of success

is the more general measure of how likely events are

O

odds

vslikeliness

2 3.4

The chance that something will happen, often shown by numbers used for betting

is the general notion of how likely things are without betting use

S

sporting chance

vslikeliness

• UK

1 3.5

A fair possibility of success that is not certain

is the general concept of likelihood without the sports metaphor

Antonyms

I

improbability

4 7.0

How unlikely something is to happen or be true

How Likely

certainty

• Literature

202 3.4

likeliness

3.6

possibility

∞ 2.0

improbability

4 7.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology