(in all likelihood)

  • 1in all likelihood — adverb with considerable certainty; without much doubt (Freq. 1) He is probably out of the country in all likelihood we are headed for war • Syn: ↑probably, ↑likely, ↑in all probability, ↑belike • Derived from adjective: ↑ …

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  • 2in all likelihood — adverb Very probably; almost certainly. I can now conjecture readily that this streak of light was, in all likelihood, a gleam from a lantern carried by some one across the lawn …

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  • 3in all likelihood — index high probability Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 4in all likelihood — I think this is true or will happen. Excuses for not attending will be offered and in all likelihood will be accepted by the hosts …

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  • 5in all likelihood — almost certainly In all likelihood the vase was made in the seventeenth century …

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  • 6all — [ ɔl ] function word, quantifier *** All can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by an uncountable or plural noun): They had given up all hope. All children deserve encouragement. as a predeterminer (followed by a word such… …

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  • 7in all likelihood — With reasonable certainty. Coppinger v Broderick, 37 Ariz 473, 295 P 780, 81 ALR 419 …

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  • 8Likelihood function — In statistics, a likelihood function (often simply the likelihood) is a function of the parameters of a statistical model, defined as follows: the likelihood of a set of parameter values given some observed outcomes is equal to the probability of …

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  • 9likelihood — [[t]la͟ɪklihʊd[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT: usu N of n/ ing, N that The likelihood of something happening is how likely it is to happen. The likelihood of infection is minimal... There didn t seem much likelihood of it happening... There is every… …

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  • 10likelihood — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ every (esp. BrE) ▪ There s every likelihood that she ll be able to help us. ▪ greater, increased ▪ high, real, strong …

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