Definition of Likelihood

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Definition of Likelihood
	Likelihood Appearance; show; sign; expression. Likeness; resemblance. Appearance of truth or reality; probability; verisimilitude. Related Definitions: Appearance, Expression, Likeness, Of, Or, Probability, Reality, Resemblance, Show, Sign, Truth, Verisimilitude

Likelihood Quotations

We know that if we can prevent kids from trying drugs in their teenage years, we dramatically reduce the likelihood that they will go on to have problems later in life.
John Walters

Historians don't really like to carry on speculative debates, but you could certainly argue that the likelihood of a Soviet invasion of Western Europe was extremely, extremely low.
Aldrich Ames

Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.
Mark Spitz

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?
Samuel Richardson

In 1960 I published a book that attempted to direct attention to the possibility of a thermonuclear war, to ways of reducing the likelihood of such a war, and to methods for coping with the consequences should war occur despite our efforts to avoid it.
Herman Kahn

Governments are moved by numbers, and the greater the number of people who admit that they believe, the greater the likelihood that the secret - if there is one being kept - will be revealed.
Dwight Schultz

But every day I tell my story, and be comfortable with my story and be comfortable with what I've done, and what I did, and how I am today, it lessens the likelihood it will ever happen.
Lawrence Taylor

Cagey trial lawyers have figured out there's a pretty good likelihood their case - no matter what its merit - will literally get its day in court because of favorable judges.
Dennis Hastert

All of the information that we were getting up to that time from the NRC people, from our people who knew something about nuclear power, was that the breach of the core was not a likelihood to happen.
William Scranton

We've had risk assessments performed by Harvard University, which said that even if we did have a small number of cases in this country that the likelihood of it spreading or getting into any kind of human health problem is very, very small.
Ann Veneman

Likelihood Translations

likelihood in French is vraisemblance
likelihood in Italian is verosimiglianza
likelihood in Norwegian is sannsynlighet
likelihood in Spanish is apariencia, probabilidad
likelihood in Swedish is sannolikhet

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