Likelihood - English meaning

noun

A possibility of something happening.

Usage examples:

There is a chance of winning the raffle

adjective

Fortuitous; accidental.

Usage examples:

A chance meeting

verb

Do something by accident or without intending to.

Usage examples:

He was very effusive if they chanced to meet

noun

The possibility of suffering harm or injury.

Usage examples:

His life was in danger

noun

The possibility of harm or death, or of something unpleasant happening

Usage examples:

[ c ] i quickly understood the dangers of rock climbing., [ u ] i felt my life was in danger., [ u …

noun

An unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm.

Usage examples:

I cowered in fear as bullets whizzed past

verb

Be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or harmful.

Usage examples:

I hated him but didn't fear him any more

verb

An emotion in anticipation of some specific pain or danger

noun

The state or degree of being easily or conveniently done.

Usage examples:

The feasibility of screening athletes for cardiac disease

noun

The possibility that can be made, done, or achieved, or is reasonable

Usage examples:

We're looking at the feasibility of building a shopping centre there.

noun

The possibility that something can be made, done, or achieved, or is reasonable

Usage examples:

Feasibility of we're looking at the feasibility of building a shopping centre there.

noun

A danger or risk.

Usage examples:

The hazards of childbirth

verb

Say (something) in a tentative way.

Usage examples:

He hazarded a guess

noun

Something dangerous and likely to cause damage

Usage examples:

A health/fire hazard, a hazardous road, she wouldn’t hazard a guess about the meaning of the word.

noun

A feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen.

Usage examples:

He looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information

verb

Want something to happen or be the case.

Usage examples:

He's hoping for an offer of compensation

noun

The feeling that something desired can be had or will happen

Usage examples:

[ u ] we never entirely gave up hope., [ u ] this research offers hope of developing better ways to…

noun

The state of being legally responsible for something.

Usage examples:

Once you contact the card protection scheme your liability for any loss ends

noun

The responsibility of a person, business, or organization to pay or give up something of value

Usage examples:

[ u ] he denies any liability in the accident., [ c usually pl ] the business has liabilities of $5…

noun

The amount of money that a person or organization owes

Usage examples:

He listed liabilities of more than $3 million., the company will also have to show that it has a li…

plural noun

The ratio between the amounts staked by the parties to a bet, based on the expected probability either way.

Usage examples:

Nicer is starting at odds of 8-1

plural noun

The likelihood that a particular thing will or will not happen

Usage examples:

She was sick yesterday, so the odds are she won’t be in today.

noun

The odds of something happening are how probable it is that it will happen

Usage examples:

The odds are against sth at the moment it seems the odds are against a deal., the odds are on sth/i…

noun

A time or set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.

Usage examples:

Increased opportunities for export

noun

An occasion or situation which makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of doing something

Usage examples:

[ c ] she was given the opportunity to manage a day-care center., [ c ] the university is not provi…

noun

An occasion or situation that makes it possible to do something that you want to do or have to do, or the possibility of doing something

Usage examples:

An opportunity to do sth there will be an opportunity to discuss the matter again next week., an op…

noun

Serious and immediate danger.

Usage examples:

You could well place us both in peril

verb

Expose to danger; threaten.

Usage examples:

Jonathon perilled his life for love of david

noun

Danger, or something that is dangerous

Usage examples:

[ u ] the president said that we are entering a time of great peril.

noun

A thing that may happen or be the case.

Usage examples:

Relegation remains a distinct possibility

noun

Something that can be done or achieved, or that can exist

Usage examples:

One possibility is to hire more people., there’s a possibility of snow tonight.

noun

The quality or state of being probable; the extent to which something is likely to happen or be the case.

Usage examples:

The rain will make the probability of a postponement even greater

noun

A number that represents how likely it is that a particular thing will happen

Usage examples:

[ c ] there’s a higher probability of now having a state income tax (= the tax is more likely now).…

noun

The level of possibility that something will happen or is true

Usage examples:

High/low/strong probability there is a strong probability that the country will fall into recession…

noun

A declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen.

Usage examples:

What happened to all those firm promises of support?

verb

Assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen.

Usage examples:

He promised to forward my mail

noun

The possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring.

Usage examples:

There was no prospect of a reconciliation

verb

Search for mineral deposits, especially by drilling and excavation.

Usage examples:

The company is also prospecting for gold

noun

The possibility or likelihood that something will happen

Usage examples:

[ c ] losing the elections is a prospect that still appears unlikely., [ u ] she smiled at the pros…

noun

A situation involving exposure to danger.

Usage examples:

Flouting the law was too much of a risk

verb

Expose (someone or something valued) to danger, harm, or loss.

Usage examples:

He risked his life to save his dog

verb

A source of danger

noun

A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

Members of her family have received death threats

noun

A statement that someone will be hurt or harmed, esp. if the person does not do something in particular

Usage examples:

She was fired after making threats to her co-workers., [ u ] a threat of rain is in today’s forecas…

noun

A suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is not followed

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] her parents carried out their threat to take away her mobile phone if her grade…