Definitions for: Likelihood

[n] the probability of a specified outcome

Webster (1913) Definition: Like"li*hood (-l[i^]*h[oo^]d), n. [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.

Synonyms: likeliness, odds

Antonyms: unlikelihood, unlikeliness

See Also: probability

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