likelihood

  1. Noun.  The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.
  2. Noun.  (mathematics) Shorthand for likelihood function; the probability that a real world experiment would generate a specific datum, as a function of the parameters of a mathematical model.
  3. Noun.  Likeness, resemblance.
  4. Noun.  (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.

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