likelihood

probabilidad

El grado de posibilidad de que algo ocurra.

En inglés sencillo: How likely something is to happen.

• There is little likelihood of rain.
• Better training increases the likelihood of success.
• In all likelihood, they have already left.

Cómo se usa: likelihood of something/doing something (There is a high likelihood of finding work.); likelihood that… (There is little likelihood that prices will fall.)

Sinónimos: chance, probability

Expresiones frecuentes: likelihood of something, in all likelihood, high likelihood