likelihood noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of likelihood noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary the chance of something happening; how likely something is to happen synonym probability There is very little likelihood of that happening In all likelihood (= very probably) the meeting will be cancelled
Likelihood -- from Wolfram MathWorld Likelihood is the hypothetical probability that an event that has already occurred would yield a specific outcome The concept differs from that of a probability in that a probability refers to the occurrence of future events, while a likelihood refers to past events with known outcomes