Definitions for likelihood
ˈlaɪk liˌhʊdlike·li·hood

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. likelihood, likelinessnoun

   the probability of a specified outcome

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1. Likelihoodnoun

   Statistical probability; probability of being true or of occurring in the future; as, the likelihood of being abducted by aliens is close to zero..

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1. likelihoodnoun

   The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state of being probable.

2. likelihoodnoun

   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. likelihoodnoun

   Likeness, resemblance.

   "There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation." (Sir W. Raleigh)

4. likelihoodnoun

   Appearance, show, sign, expression.

   "What of his heart perceive you in his face by any likelihood he showed to-day ?" (Shak)

5. Etymology: likely + -hood

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Likelihood, Likelinessnoun

   Etymology: from likely.

   1. Appearance; shew. Obsolete.

   What of his heart perceive you in his face,
   By any likelihood he show’d to-day?
   —— That with no man here he is offended. William Shakespeare.

   2. Resemblance; likeness. Obsolete.

   The mayor and all his brethren in best sort,
   Like to the senators of antique Rome,
   Go forth and fetch their conqu’ring Cæsar in.
   As by a low, but loving likelihood,
   Were now the general of our gracious empress,
   As in good time he may, from Ireland coming,
   How many would the peaceful city quit,
   To welcome him. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation. Walter Raleigh.

   3. Probability; verisimilitude; appearance of truth.

   As it noteth one such to have been in that age, so had there been moe, it would by likelihood as well have noted many. Richard Hooker, b. ii.

   Many of likelihood informed me of this before, which hung so tottering in the balance, that I could neither believe nor misdoubt. William Shakespeare, All’s well that ends well.

   It never yet did hurt,
   To lay down likelihood, and forms of hope. William Shakespeare.

   As there is no likelihood that the place could be so altered, so is there no probability that these rivers were turned out of their courses. Walter Raleigh, Hist. of the World.

   Where things are least to be put to the venture, as the eternal interests of the other world ought to be; there every, even the least, probability, or likelihood of danger, should be provided against. Robert South, Sermons.

   There are predictions of our Saviour recorded by the Evangelists, which were not completed till after their deaths, and had no likelihood of being so when they were pronounced by our blessed Saviour. Joseph Addison, on the Christian Religion.

   Thus, in all likelihood, would it be with a libertine, who should have a visit from the other world: the first horror it raised would go off, as new diversions come on. Francis Atterbury.

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1. likelihood

   The likelihood function (often simply called the likelihood) represents the probability of random variable realizations conditional on particular values of the statistical parameters. Thus, when evaluated on a given sample, the likelihood function indicates which parameter values are more likely than others, in the sense that they would have made the observed data more probable. Consequently, the likelihood is often written as L ( θ ∣ X ) {\displaystyle {\mathcal {L}}(\theta \mid X)} instead of P ( X ∣ θ ) {\displaystyle P(X\mid \theta )} , to emphasize that it is to be understood as a function of the parameters θ {\displaystyle \theta } instead of the random variable X {\displaystyle X} . In maximum likelihood estimation, the arg max of the likelihood function serves as a point estimate for θ {\displaystyle \theta } , while the Fisher information (often approximated by the likelihood's Hessian matrix) indicates the estimate's precision. Meanwhile in Bayesian statistics, parameter estimates are derived from the converse of the likelihood, the so-called posterior probability, which is calculated via Bayes' rule.

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1. likelihood

   Likelihood is a statistical concept referring to the degree of probability or chance that a particular event will occur, based on a set of observed evidence. It is often used in the context of statistical models to estimate parameters or predict outcomes. In simple terms, it is a measure of how likely it is that a given set of events would occur.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Likelihoodnoun

   appearance; show; sign; expression

2. Likelihoodnoun

   likeness; resemblance

3. Likelihoodnoun

   appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude

4. Etymology: [Likely + -hood.]

Matched Categories

1. • Probability

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'likelihood' in Nouns Frequency: #2706

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How to pronounce likelihood?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of likelihood in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of likelihood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of likelihood in a Sentence

1. Chief Executive Randall Stephenson:

   At the end of the day the law was on our side. We feel good about where we are and we think the appeal court will look at the merits of the law, we think the likelihood of this thing being reversed or overturned is really remote.

2. Annie Dillard:

   It could be that our faithlessness is a cowering cowardice born of our very smallness, a massive failure of imagination... If we were to judge nature by common sense or likelihood, we wouldn't believe the world existed.

3. Simon Taylor:

   This database will be a rich source of information for the bad guys to create very compelling, targeted spear phishing attacks and increases the likelihood of recipients opening email attachments, which renders them, and their respective organizations, highly exposed to attack.

4. President Barack Obama:

   Fortunately, we continue to see extraordinary efforts by healthcare workers around the world, until we have snuffed out the last case of Ebola in West Africa, there’s always the prospect, the likelihood that it spreads and could end up coming back to the U.S..

5. Steven Friedman:

   I don't think that there is a huge likelihood that he will be recalled. If he had stayed on the course he set and stuck with van Rooyen, he would have been in more immediate danger, it looks like there are factions in ANC, and one faction pushed back on this appointment. Clearly there will be more of this competition that will steer policy as we go along.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=likelihood
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=likelihood
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Likelihood
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=likelihood
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Likelihood
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/likelihood
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=likelihood