likeliness

English

Etymology

From Middle English liklinesse, lyklinesse; equivalent to likely +‎ -ness.

Noun

likeliness (usually uncountable, plural likelinesses)

The condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur.
Likelihood, probability or chance of occurrence; plausibility or believability.
- 2004, Klaus-Martin Goeters, Aviation psychology: practice and research:
  The proposed HEA is based on the assumption that each specific error has a certain impact on a system/aircraft state whilst the crew's likeliness to commit this error is decreasing with an increasing number of safeguards against it.
- 2006, David W. Embley, A. Olivé, Sudha Ram, Conceptual modeling:
  To determine the likeliness of an individual in a concept, a membership function is required.
Suitability; agreeableness.
- 2004, Peter Lipton, Inference to the best explanation:
  A new competitor may decrease the likeliness of an old hypothesis, but it will usually not change its loveliness.
Likeness; similarity.
- 1727, Robert South, Twelve Sermons
  No surely, Reason is both the Gift and Image of God, and every Degree of its Improvement is a farther Degree of Likeliness to him.

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likelihood

单词	likeliness
释义	likeliness English Etymology From Middle English liklinesse, lyklinesse; equivalent to likely +‎ -ness. Noun likeliness (usually uncountable, plural likelinesses) The condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur. Likelihood, probability or chance of occurrence; plausibility or believability. 2004, Klaus-Martin Goeters, Aviation psychology: practice and research: The proposed HEA is based on the assumption that each specific error has a certain impact on a system/aircraft state whilst the crew's likeliness to commit this error is decreasing with an increasing number of safeguards against it. 2006, David W. Embley, A. Olivé, Sudha Ram, Conceptual modeling: To determine the likeliness of an individual in a concept, a membership function is required. Suitability; agreeableness. 2004, Peter Lipton, Inference to the best explanation: A new competitor may decrease the likeliness of an old hypothesis, but it will usually not change its loveliness. Likeness; similarity. 1727, Robert South, Twelve Sermons No surely, Reason is both the Gift and Image of God, and every Degree of its Improvement is a farther Degree of Likeliness to him. Related terms likelihood
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