probableness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈprɒb.ə.bəl.nəs/
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Etymology
Latin probabilis, From probable + -ness, in existence since the 1600s.
Meanings
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(formal, plural, rare, uncountable) The state or quality of being likely to occur; likelihood, probability.
…the probableness of the existence of that fact…
1872, Batuk Lal, THE LAW OF EVIDENCE (The Indian Evidence Act, 1872)
Antonyms
implausibility · improbability
Relateds
probability · probable · probably
Synonyms
probability · plausibility · likelihood
Translations (5)
fr probabilité (state of being probable) · es probabilidad (state of being probable) · de Wahrscheinlichkeit (state of being probable) · ru вероятность (state of being probable) · zh 可能性 (state of being probable)