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LIKELINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The probability of a specified outcome
Synonyms:
likelihood; likeliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("likeliness" is a kind of...):
probability (the quality of being probable; a probable event or the most probable event)
Attribute:
likely (has a good chance of being the case or of coming about)
unlikely (has little chance of being the case or coming about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "likeliness"):
odds (the likelihood of a thing occurring rather than not occurring)
Antonym:
unlikeliness (the improbability of a specified outcome)
Derivation:
likely (has a good chance of being the case or of coming about)
likely (likely but not certain to be or become true or real)
likely (expected to become or be; in prospect)
