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How to pronounce likelihood in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms likeliness
Type of probability
Has types odds

Examples of likelihood

likelihood
The more often the test is repeated, the higher the likelihood of complications.
From the latimes.com
In all likelihood, Brown would have had to take a pay cut to stay on the roster.
From the suntimes.com
The likelihood of a misdiagnosis increased as the age of the patients decreased.
From the sciencedaily.com
It is a more acceptable context to consider the statistical likelihood of death.
From the newscientist.com
It talks of a significant likelihood that the information would be misconstrued.
From the nzherald.co.nz
In all likelihood, Ryan will know by Friday whether Revis will travel to Denver.
From the newsday.com
As a lead goes through the pipeline, the likelihood of closing a deal increases.
From the businessweek.com
Doing so would reduce the likelihood of igniting inflation or new asset bubbles.
From the thestate.com
The study also found pregnancy increases the likelihood that a woman will snore.
From the sciencedaily.com
More examples
  • The probability of a specified outcome
  • In statistics, the likelihood function (often simply the likelihood) is a function of the parameters of a statistical model that plays a key role in statistical inference. ...
  • Given a hypothesis, the probability of observing certain data.
  • The possibility that a given event will occur.
  • The conditional probability of observable evidence given a hypothesized state and set of parameters. This is often written where represents the observable evidence, and is a parameter or unknown variable. ...
  • A qualitative description of a probability or frequency.
  • Is the probability density of observations calculated from parameters and not observations.
  • Promise, appearance.