Associations to the word «Likelihood»

Wiktionary

LIKELIHOOD, noun. The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.
LIKELIHOOD, noun. (statistics) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
LIKELIHOOD, noun. Likeness, resemblance.
LIKELIHOOD, noun. (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.

Dictionary definition

LIKELIHOOD, noun. The probability of a specified outcome.

Wise words

Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had this power.
Amy Tan