likelihood

noun

ˈlī-klē-ˌhu̇d How to pronounce likelihood (audio)
Definition of likelihoodnext
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 Join 58 others in the comments View Comments The change was driven almost entirely by the likelihood of more aggressive reciprocal tariffs that average 15% across all US trading partners. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025 Election law scholars raised the possibility that talk of a third term, whatever its likelihood, may function as a show of strength to try to stave off the perception that Mr. Trump is a lame-duck president. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025 Plus, a larger meal at night can be more difficult to digest, increase the likelihood of acid reflux and disrupted sleep due to slower metabolism during the evening, Routhenstein said. — Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025 The figure was a sharp rise compared with the 1,002 announced just hours earlier, highlighting the difficulty of confirming casualties over a widespread region and the likelihood that the numbers will continue to grow from Friday’s magnitude 7.7 quake. — Grant Peck and Jintamas Saksornchai, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for likelihood

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