Likelihood : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Likelihood	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Likelihood
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
likelihood n the probability of a specified outcome [syn: likelihood, likeliness] Antonym(s): unlikelihood, unlikeliness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Likelihood \Like"lihood\ (-l[icr]h[oocr]d), n. [Likely + -hood.] 1. Appearance; show; sign; expression. [Obs.] What of his heart perceive you in his face By any likelihood he showed to-day ? --Shak. 2. Likeness; resemblance. [Obs.] There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation. --Sir W. Raleigh. 3. Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. --Tennyson.