Definition of "likelihood" in English

noun

1. The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.

   • In all likelihood the meeting will be cancelled.
   • The likelihood is that the inflation rate will continue to rise.

2. (statistics, probability theory) The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.

3. Likeness, resemblance.

4. (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.