Likeliness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    the probability of a specified outcome wordnet
  3. 3
    Likelihood, probability or chance of occurrence; plausibility or believability. uncountable, usually

    "The proposed HEA is based on the assumption that each specific error has a certain impact on a system/aircraft state whilst the crew's likeliness to commit this error is decreasing with an increasing number of safeguards against it."

  4. 4
    Suitability; agreeableness. uncountable, usually

    "A new competitor may decrease the likeliness of an old hypothesis, but it will usually not change its loveliness."

  5. 5
    Likeness; similarity. uncountable, usually

    "No surely, Reason is both the Gift and Image of God, and every Degree of its Improvement is a farther Degree of Likeliness to him."

Synonyms

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aptitudechancecontingencyeventualityexpectationgood chance

Example

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"The proposed HEA is based on the assumption that each specific error has a certain impact on a system/aircraft state whilst the crew's likeliness to commit this error is decreasing with an increasing number of safeguards against it."

Etymology

From Middle English liklinesse, lyklinesse; equivalent to likely + -ness.

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