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, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley