likelihood

Plural

likelihoods

1. 1.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.
   • The likelihood is that the inflation rate will continue to rise.
   • While starting early can increase your likelihood of attaining millionaire status, the investments you choose play an equally important role.

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

3. 3.Likeness, resemblance.

   • There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, […]or between righteousness and reprobation.

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