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likelihead

likelihead is the obsolete form of likelihood.

Meaning of likelihood

Noun

likelihood (countable and uncountable, plural likelihoods)

  1. The probability of a specified outcome; the chance of something happening; probability; the state or degree of being probable.
    • In all likelihood the meeting will be cancelled.
  2. The probability that some fixed outcome was generated by a random distribution with a specific parameter.
  3. Likeness, resemblance.
    • There is no likelihood between pure light and black darkness, […]or between righteousness and reprobation.1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], chapter 3, in The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, 1st book
  4. (archaic) Appearance, show, sign, expression.

Questions about likelihead

What is likelihead the obsolete form of?
Likelihead is the obsolete form of likelihood.

Words near likelihead in the dictionary

  1. likelembas
  2. likeless
  3. likelier
  4. likelies
  5. likeliest
  6. likelihead
  7. likelihood
  8. likelihoods
  9. likelily
  10. likeliness
  11. likelinesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: likelihead (page history and authors); likelihood (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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