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likelihood |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Likelihood \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: likelihood n : the probability of a specified outcome [syn: {likeliness}, {odds}] [ant: {unlikelihood}, {unlikelihood}]
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