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# probable

«probable» in Mova's school dictionary: **Likely to happen or be true, but not certain** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (probable; more probable, most probable); noun (a probable — a likely choice, in sport)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Likely to happen or be true, but not certain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probable/#m1)

2) (noun, informal) Someone likely to be chosen, e.g. for a team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probable/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths probability lessons, words describe chances: impossible, unlikely, even chance, likely or probable, certain. In science and stories it shows a guess based on evidence: the probable cause. Phrases: highly probable, the probable cause, it is probable that.

### examples

- Rain is probable later today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probable/#x1)
- The probable cause of the fire was a faulty heater. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probable/#x2)
- It is probable that she missed the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probable/#x3)
- On a dice, rolling a number less than 6 is more probable than rolling a 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probable/#x4)
- The doctor said a cold was the most probable answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probable/#x5)
- He is a probable for the starting team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probable/#x6)
- It is probable that many more exist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/probable/#x7)

### note

Adverb: probably. Noun: probability. Probable is stronger than possible: possible means it can happen, probable means it will likely happen. In maths, an event is probable if its chance is more than one half.

### Trees and pragmatics

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