LIKELIHOOD

likelihood, likeliness

(noun) the probability of a specified outcome

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

likelihood (countable and uncountable, plural likelihoods)

The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.

(statistics) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.

Likeness, resemblance.

(archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.

Synonyms

• likeliness

• odds

Antonyms

• unlikelihood

Source: Wiktionary


Like"li*hood, n. Etym: [Likely + -hood.]

1. Appearance; show; sign; expression. [Obs.] What of his heart perceive you in his face By any likelihood he showed to-day Shak.

2. Likeness; resemblance. [Obs.] There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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