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- Dictionarylikelihood/ˈlʌɪklɪhʊd/
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- 1. the state or fact of something's being likely; probability: "young people who can see no likelihood of finding employment"
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noun [ U ] uk / ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd / us / ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd / Add to word list. C2. the chance that something will happen: This latest dispute greatly increases the likelihood of a strike. [ + that ] There is every likelihood that more jobs will be lost later this year. There is little likelihood now that interest rates will come down further.
noun [ U ] us / ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd / uk / ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd / Add to word list. C2. the chance that something will happen: This latest dispute greatly increases the likelihood of a strike. [ + that ] There is every likelihood that more jobs will be lost later this year. There is little likelihood now that interest rates will come down further.
: the chance that something will happen : probability. There's very little likelihood of that happening. [=that is very unlikely to happen] changes that in all likelihood will be made soon [=changes that are very likely to be made soon] … a strong likelihood that he is correct … T. D. Anderson.
The likelihood of something means the odds that it will happen, or how likely a particular outcome is. Your likelihood of winning the lottery is pretty slim.
If something is a likelihood, it is likely to happen. The likelihood is that your child will not develop diabetes. That, as we all know, is not only a possibility but a likelihood.
Likelihood definition: the state of being likely or probable; probability.. See examples of LIKELIHOOD used in a sentence.
the chance of something happening; how likely something is to happen synonym probability. There is very little likelihood of that happening. In all likelihood (= very probably) the meeting will be cancelled. The likelihood is that (= it is likely that) unemployment figures will continue to fall.
Something that is likely to happen. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (mathematics) Shorthand for likelihood function; the probability that a real world experiment would generate a specific datum, as a function of the parameters of a mathematical model. Wiktionary.
likelihood meaning, definition, what is likelihood: the degree to which something can reason...: Learn more.
noun [ U ] uk/ˈlaɪklihʊd/us. Add to word listAdd to word list. the chance that something will happen: There's not much likelihood of that happening. (Definition of likelihood from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
