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# likelihood

«likelihood» in Mova's school dictionary: **to happen; the chance or probability of it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (likelihood — usually uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) How likely something is to happen; the chance or probability of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likelihood/#m1)

2) (maths) A measure of how probable an event is, from impossible to certain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likelihood/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths probability lessons: describe likelihood with words — impossible, unlikely, even chance, likely, certain — or with numbers from 0 to 1. In weather forecasts: the likelihood of rain. Phrases: in all likelihood (very probably), the likelihood of, increase the likelihood.

### examples

- What is the likelihood of rolling a 6? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likelihood/#x1)
- The likelihood of rain tomorrow is high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likelihood/#x2)
- In all likelihood, the bus will be late again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likelihood/#x3)
- Wearing a helmet reduces the likelihood of a head injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likelihood/#x4)
- Put the events on the likelihood scale from impossible to certain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likelihood/#x5)
- The likelihood of getting heads on a coin is one half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likelihood/#x6)
- It was therefore with great surprise and annoyance that he now learned of the mysterious return of the hares and the likelihood of Jesper carrying out his task with success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likelihood/#x7)

### note

Usually uncountable. Spelling: likeli + hood (y changes to i). Similar: probability, chance. For numbers: likelihood can be written as a fraction, decimal or percentage between 0 (impossible) and 1 or 100% (certain); a fair die gives 1/6 for each number.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «likelihood» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/likelihood/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.