likelihood

English

Etymology

From likely +‎ -hood.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪklihʊd/

Noun

likelihood (countable and uncountable, plural likelihoods)

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.

2. (statistics) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
3. Likeness, resemblance.

   "There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation." (Sir W. Raleigh)

4. (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.

   "What of his heart perceive you in his face by any likelihood he showed to-day ?" (Shak)

Synonyms

• likeliness
• odds

Antonyms

• unlikelihood

Derived terms

• in all likelihood

Translations

probability

• Basque: egiantz (eu)
• Catalan: probabilitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 可能性 (zh) (kěnéngxìng)

• Dutch: waarschijnlijkheid (nl)
• Finnish: todennäköisyys (fi)
• French: vraisemblance (fr) f
• German: Wahrscheinlichkeit (de) f
• Greek: πιθανότητα (el) f (pithanótita), ενδεχόμενο (el) n (endechómeno)
• Italian: verosimiglianza (it) f, verisimiglianza f
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• Japanese: 可能性 (ja) (かのうせい, kanōsei)
• Korean: 가능성 (ko) (ganeungseong) (可能性 (ko))
• Macedonian: вероја́тност f (verojátnost)
• Maori: tūponotanga
• Polish: prawdopodobieństwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: probabilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: probabilitate (ro), verosimilitate (ro)
• Russian: вероя́тность (ru) f (verojátnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: vjerojatnost (sh) f
• Spanish: probabilidad (es) f
• Swedish: sannolikhet (sv) c

mathematical likelihood

• Catalan: probabilitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 似然 (sìrán)

• Finnish: todennäköisyys (fi)
• French: vraisemblance (fr)
• Greek: ^{(please verify)} πιθανοφάνεια (el) f (pithanofáneia)
• Italian: verosimiglianza (it)
• Japanese: 尤度 (ja) (ゆうど, yūdo)
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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 우도 (udo)
• Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} вероја́тност f (verojátnost)
• Polish: wiarygodność (pl) f
• Portuguese: verossimilhança (pt) f, probabilidade (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} vjerojatnost (sh) f
• Spanish: verosimilitud (es) f
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} sannolikhet (sv) c

resemblance

• Finnish: samankaltaisuus (fi), yhdennäköisyys (fi)
• Macedonian: сличност f (sličnost)
• Polish: podobieństwo (pl) n
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• Portuguese: semelhança (pt) f
• Russian: схо́дство (ru) n (sxódstvo)

appearance

• Finnish: ulkonäkö (fi)
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