English-German translations for likelihood

• Wahrscheinlichkeit die
  Das erhöht die Wahrscheinlichkeit für Unfälle ungemein. It greatly increases the likelihood of accidents.
  Wie hoch die Wahrscheinlichkeit ist, dass dieses Ereignis eintritt, kann von niemanden beantwortet werden. That being said, the likelihood of it happening is open to question.
  In Industrieländern ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit um ein Vielfaches geringer. In industrialised countries there is considerably less likelihood of this happening.

Definition of likelihood

• The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable
• The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter
• Appearance, show, sign, expression

Examples

• In all likelihood the meeting will be cancelled.
• The likelihood is that the inflation rate will continue to rise.
• "There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation." (Sir W. Raleigh)
• "What of his heart perceive you in his face by any likelihood he showed to-day ?" (Shak)

Related words

• unlikelihood
• likelihood function
• likelihood of hitting
• in all likelihood
• maximum likelihood estimator
• maximum likelihood estimation