likelihood
noun [U] /ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd/Definition
C2 the chance that something will happen: This latest dispute greatly increases the likelihood of a strike. [+ that] There is every likelihood that more jobs will be lost later this year. There is little likelihood now that interest rates will come down further.Possible and probable in all likelihood C2 almost certainly: In all likelihood everything will go to plan.
(Definition of likelihood noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- always adverb (POSSIBILITY)
- anything's possible idiom
- arguably adverb
- as never before idiom
- avenue noun (POSSIBILITY)
- course noun (DIRECTION)
- it isn't over until the fat lady sings idiom
- liable adjective (LIKELY)
- likely adjective
- likely adverb
- may well idiom
- might modal verb (POSSIBILITY)
- probably adverb
- prospective adjective
- sporting chance noun
- stand verb
- stranger things have happened idiom
- strong adjective (LIKELY)
- ten to one idiom
- vista noun
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