Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Likelihood \Like"li*hood\ (l[imac]k"l[i^]*h[oo^]d), n. [Likely +
-hood.]
1. Appearance; show; sign; expression. [Obs.]
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What of his heart perceive you in his face
By any likelihood he showed to-day ? --Shak.
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2. Likeness; resemblance. [Obs.]
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There is no likelihood between pure light and black
darkness, or between righteousness and reprobation.
--Sir W.
Raleigh.
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3. Appearance of truth or reality; probability;
verisimilitude. --Tennyson.
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4. Statistical probability; probability of being true or of
occurring in the future; as, the likelihood of being
abducted by aliens is close to zero..
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
likelihood
n 1: the probability of a specified outcome [syn: {likelihood},
{likeliness}] [ant: {unlikelihood}, {unlikeliness}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย