likelihood
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- noun
- /ˈlaɪklihʊd/
:
probabilidad
- There was little likelihood that either Phuong or the American would come there.
- high likelihood
- low likelihood
- increase the likelihood
It can increase your likelihood to find a mate and reproduce.
- It can increase your likelihood to find a mate and reproduce.
- In many people's minds, it had raised the likelihood of life on Mars.
- And I feel that there is a great likelihood that that will cause benefit.
- What is the likelihood of underwater civilizations?
- So I would say the analysis needs both a prior and a likelihood.
- What would be the right protocol to improve and increase the likelihood?
- And what's my what's my likelihood of dying then and now and you compare the two.
- So what is the likelihood that COVID or severe COVID improves fertility?
- That means we are not increasing the likelihood of super bug formation.
- Well, then me reacting back to them increases the likelihood that they will retaliate.
Examples
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Greater instances of teasing and bullying also increased the likelihood of being dissatisfied with physical development.
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Let's say I have something that reduces the likelihood of heart attacks.
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The point is, they, in all likelihood, need medical attention.
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What is the likelihood of violence?
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What is the likelihood that we're going to experience pension cuts?
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But the bigger likelihood is that the testing is inadequate.
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In many people's minds, it had raised the likelihood of life on Mars.
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And finally, on vaccine passports, what is the likelihood of those being introduced?
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It increases the likelihood that they'll buy this car.
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The likelihood of rain tomorrow is high according to the weather forecast.
Synonyms
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1.0
Possibility that something will happen, often an opportunity or risk
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2.0
A chance that something may happen
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3.6
The chance that something will happen, often shown as a number or percent
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3.3
A chance that something will happen in the future
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3.5
The chance that something will happen
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2.4
A good but not certain chance of success
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2.2
How likely it is to rain at a time or place
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3.4
The chance that something will happen, often shown by numbers used for betting
The chance that something will happen
Antonyms
Idioms
How Likely
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Likelihood comes from likely, which comes from like, meaning 'similar' or 'seeming', and the ending -hood, meaning 'state' as in childhood. So likelihood is the 'state' of being likely, which we use to mean the chance that something will happen.