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To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered.
Lukas Foss

Meaning of "likelihood" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LIKELIHOOD

likelihood  [ˈlaɪklɪˌhʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIKELIHOOD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Likelihood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LIKELIHOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Likelihood

Likelihood captures the idea that something is likely to happen or to have happened. As a formal concept, it has appeared in jurisprudence, commerce and scholasticism long before it was given a rigorous mathematical foundation.

Definition of likelihood in the English dictionary

The definition of likelihood in the dictionary is the condition of being likely or probable; probability. Other definition of likelihood is something that is probable.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIKELIHOOD


adulthood
ˈædʌltˌhʊd
brotherhood
ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd
drearihood
ˈdrɪərɪˌhʊd
fairyhood
ˈfɛərɪˌhʊd
falsehood
ˈfɔːlsˌhʊd
fatherhood
ˈfɑːðəˌhʊd
Gipsyhood
ˈdʒɪpsɪˌhʊd
Gypsyhood
ˈdʒɪpsɪˌhʊd
hardihood
ˈhɑːdɪˌhʊd
ladyhood
ˈleɪdɪˌhʊd
livelihood
ˈlaɪvlɪˌhʊd
lustihood
ˈlʌstɪˌhʊd
motherhood
ˈmʌðəˌhʊd
neighborhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
neighbourhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
personhood
ˈp£ːsənˌhʊd
priesthood
ˈpriːstˌhʊd
puppyhood
ˈpʌpɪˌhʊd
sisterhood
ˈsɪstəˌhʊd
womanhood
ˈwʊmənˌhʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIKELIHOOD

like sardines
like stink
like taking candy from a baby
like that
like the devil
like water off a duck´s back
like-for-like
like-minded
like-mindedly
like-mindedness
likeability
likeable
likeableness
likeliness
likely
liken
likeness
liker
likes
likewise

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIKELIHOOD

boyhood
childhood
gawkihood
godhood
hood
kinglihood
knighthood
lens hood
manhood
maximum likelihood
nationhood
parenthood
prophethood
sainthood
selfhood
servanthood
statehood
toddlerhood
unlikelihood
victimhood

Synonyms and antonyms of likelihood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LIKELIHOOD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «likelihood» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of likelihood

Translation of «likelihood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LIKELIHOOD

Find out the translation of likelihood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of likelihood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «likelihood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

可能性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

probabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

likelihood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संभावना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

احتمال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вероятность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

probabilidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্ভাবনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

probabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemungkinan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wahrscheinlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

見込み
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가능성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kemungkinan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khả năng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வாய்ப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शक्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

olasılık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

probabilità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prawdopodobieństwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ймовірність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

probabilitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πιθανότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waarskynlikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sannolikheten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sannsynligheten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of likelihood

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIKELIHOOD»

The term «likelihood» is very widely used and occupies the 13.745 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LIKELIHOOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «likelihood» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «likelihood» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about likelihood

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10 QUOTES WITH «LIKELIHOOD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word likelihood.
1
Karen Abbott
In the sudden absence of husbands, fathers, brothers and beaus, white Southern women discovered a newfound freedom - one that simultaneously granted them more power in relationships and increased their likelihood of heartbreak.
2
Aldrich Ames
Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low.
3
Michael D. Barnes
We're trying to publicize this one and make people realize that the gun industry can clean up its act and can operate in a way that can reduce the likelihood of guns killing police officers and other innocent people.
4
Michael D. Barnes
Who's paying the million bucks? The insurance company. We've been trying for years to get the insurance industry to say to the gun industry, We won't insure you unless you have policies that will reduce the likelihood of guns falling into the wrong hands easily.
5
Nellie Bly
I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hell.
6
Sarah Churchwell
In all likelihood, the only thing extraordinary about Tiger Woods was his golf: he had extraordinary coordination and extraordinary discipline - on the course, at any rate. That discipline was the source of his power.
7
Jon Cryer
Every time one person gets a piece of information, the likelihood of that information being exposed grows exponentially. It's no longer two people. It's two people squared.
8
James Fallows
I have relentlessly beat the drum for Google's 'two-step' authentication systems for Gmail and other services, which radically reduce the likelihood that your account can be hacked from afar.
9
Lukas Foss
To come to grips with creativity, I must ask creative, adventurous questions - the kind which, in all likelihood, cannot be answered.
10
Al Franken
If you use Facebook - as I do - Facebook in all likelihood has a unique digital file of your face, one that can be as accurate as a fingerprint and that can be used to identify you in a photo of a large crowd.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIKELIHOOD»

Discover the use of likelihood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to likelihood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Empirical Likelihood
This book is your opportunity to explore its foundations, its advantages, and its application to a myriad of practical problems.
Art B. Owen, 2001
2
Statistical Evidence: A Likelihood Paradigm
Statistics has long neglected this principle, resulting in a seriously defective methodology. This book redresses the balance, explaining why science has clung to a defective methodology despite its well-known defects.
Richard Royall, 1997
3
Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Stata, Third Edition
The book begins with an introduction to the theory of maximum likelihood estimation with particular attention on the practical implications for applied work.
William Gould, Jeffrey Pitblado, William Sribney, 2006
4
Likelihood
Dr Edwards' stimulating and provocative book advances the thesis that the appropriate axiomatic basis for inductive inference is not that of probability, with its addition axiom, but rather likelihood - the concept introduced by Fisher as a ...
A. W. F. Edwards, 1984
5
Statistical Inference Based on the likelihood
This book introduces likelihood-based statistical theory and related methods from a classical viewpoint, and demonstrates how the main body of currently used statistical techniques can be generated from a few key concepts, in particular the ...
Adelchi Azzalini, 1996
6
In All Likelihood: Statistical Modelling and Inference Using ...
This book introduces likelihood as a unifying concept in statistical modelling and inference.
Yudi Pawitan, 2013
7
Likelihood-based Inference in Cointegrated Vector ...
This monograph is concerned with the statistical analysis of multivariate systems of non-stationary time series of type I. It applies the concepts of cointegration and common trends in the framework of the Gaussian vector autoregressive ...
Søren Johansen, 1995
8
Likelihood, Bayesian, and MCMC Methods in Quantitative Genetics
Review of probability and distribution theory; Methods of inference; Markov chain Monte Carlo methods; Applications in quantitative genetics.
Daniel Sorensen, Daniel Gianola, 2002
9
Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Inference: With Examples ...
This book takes a fresh look at the popular and well-established method of maximum likelihood for statistical estimation and inference.
Russell B. Millar, 2011
10
Unifying Political Methodology: The Likelihood Theory of ...
In this book, King demonstrates the utility of the likelihood theory of statistical inference as a basic, unifying approach to statistical modelling for political research.
Gary King, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIKELIHOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term likelihood is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Study Shows Promise in Detecting an Individual's Likelihood of …
Using statistical analysis, the team determined an algorithm of six biomarkers taken together predicted the likelihood that an individual would ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Kenyan shilling weakens, increasing likelihood of central bank …
Kenyan shilling weakens, increasing likelihood of central bank action. NAIROBI, July 20 The Kenyan shilling was a touch weaker in early ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
3
Real Madrid sign goalkeeper Kiko Casilla as likelihood of David de …
Real Madrid have completed their move for goalkeeper Kiko Casilla from Espanyol, and the move could be good news for Manchester United. «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
4
Gold holds 4-month low on likelihood of US interest rate hike
Gold held its lowest level in four months Thursday morning, following a drop of $10/oz late Wednesday after US Federal Reserve Chair Janet ... «Platts, Jul 15»
5
Trade marks: likelihood of confusion in Arabic
The CJEU has delivered a ruling on whether the meaning and pronunciation of words in non-Latin alphabets should be taken into ... «The Lawyer, Jul 15»
6
Pre-natal exposure to DDT linked to increased likelihood of breast …
The recent study used blood samples, gathered from women and their descendants beginning in 1959, and deep-frozen at negative 80 ... «PRI, Jul 15»
7
Greece debt crisis: Likelihood that all-night talks produced a good …
The likelihood of a decent deal arising after all-night talks held between Greek and European political leaders is remote, according to sleep ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
8
Who will be the next Mormon prophet? This infographic explains
He has a 67 percent likelihood of becoming president at some point in the ... UPDATE: Some readers asked why Monson's likelihood of ever ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»
9
Continued ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine increase …
Continued ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine increase likelihood of further Western sanctions against Russia. Alex Kokcharov - IHS Jane's ... «IHS Jane's 360, Jul 15»
10
Dick Bove: Likelihood of settlement over Fannie, Freddie sweep …
A client note from Richard Bove, vice president of Equity Research at Rafferty Capital Management, supports what a growing number of ... «HousingWire, Jul 15»

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