as in probability
the quality or state of being likely to occur
the weatherman on TV said that the likelihood of rain today was fairly high
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Recent Examples of likelihood
Spencer Platt/Getty Images What Happens Next Markets will closely monitor Iran's response as trading opens Monday, with analysts remaining divided on the likelihood of strait closure.
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Counsell also addressed the likelihood of going to a six-man rotation.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 22 June 2025
As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2025
Instead, people recently released from incarceration are more likely to die of a fatal overdose and face a high likelihood of reincarceration.
—Katherine Lemasters, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
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Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
Counsell also addressed the likelihood of going to a six-man rotation.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 22 June 2025
As the storm moves away, this likelihood decreases.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 14 June 2025
Instead, people recently released from incarceration are more likely to die of a fatal overdose and face a high likelihood of reincarceration.
—Katherine Lemasters, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for likelihood
probability
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The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
28 June 2025
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The researchers even suggest there’s a 99.4% probability that the detection of these compounds wasn’t a fluke – a figure that, with repeat observations, could reach the gold standard for statistical certainty in the sciences.—
Oliver Swainston,
Space.com,
28 June 2025
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