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    [Noun]  | "like*li*hood" | \ ˈlī-klē-ˌhu̇d \


    1: the chance that something will happen : probability


    Origin: 15th century ;

     See: {likely:1 };

    [Noun]  | "maximum likelihood" 


    1: a statistical method for estimating population parameters (such as the mean and variance) from sample data that selects as estimates those parameter values maximizing the probability of obtaining the observed data


    Origin: 1922 ;

    [Noun]  | "likelihood" 


    1: the quality or state of being likely to occur;


      * e.g., " ... the weatherman on TV said that the likelihood of rain today was fairly high "





     [ "likelihood" ]

    1: likely to happen

      * e.g.,  ... There is a likelihood that it will rain tomorrow 

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