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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the probability of a specified outcome;
[syn: likelihood, likeliness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Likelihood \Like"li*hood\ (l[imac]k"l[i^]*h[oo^]d), n. [Likely + -hood.] 1. Appearance; show; sign; expression. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] What of his heart perceive you in his face By any likelihood he showed to-day ? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Likeness; resemblance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] 3. Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 4. Statistical probability; probability of being true or of occurring in the future; as, the likelihood of being abducted by aliens is close to zero.. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

likelihood n 1: the probability of a specified outcome [syn: likelihood, likeliness] [ant: unlikelihood, unlikeliness]