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

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis