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prob.

prob. is the abbreviation of probable.

prob. is the abbreviation of probably.

Meaning of probable

Noun

probable (plural probables)

  1. Something that is likely.
    • Four of the 32 251 Ku aircraft turned back, but the other 28 fought for 20 minutes against a reported 100 enemy aircraft, claiming 18 destroyed and five probables.2013, Ikuhiko Hata, Yasuho Izawa, Christopher Shores, Japanese Naval Fighter Aces 1932-45, page 57
  2. A person who is likely to appear or do a certain thing.

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Meaning of probably

Adverb

probably (comparative more probably, superlative most probably)

  1. In all likelihood.
    • She probably has arrived by now.

Noun capitalized: Prob.

Prob.

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of probation.

Questions about prob.

What is prob. the abbreviation of?
Prob. is the abbreviation of probable.
What part of speech is prob.?
Prob. is a noun.

Words near prob. in the dictionary

  1. Proavis
  2. proazaphosphatrane
  3. proazaphosphatranes
  4. prob
  5. prob'ly
  6. prob.
  7. proba
  8. probabalistic
  9. probabilification
  10. probabilifications
  11. probabilified

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prob. (page history and authors); Prob. (page history and authors); probable (page history and authors); probably (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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