probable outcome

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• probable — prob|a|ble1 [ˈprɔbəbəl US ˈpra: ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin probabilis, from probare; PROBE2] likely to exist, happen, or be true ▪ The probable cause of the fire was faulty wiring. ▪ Success is highly probable . it is… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• probable — probable, possible, likely are comparable when they mean not now certain but such as may be, or may become, true, real, or actual. Something probable has so much evidence in its support or seems so reasonable that it commends itself to the mind… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• outcome — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ desirable, desired, favourable/favorable, good, happy, positive, satisfactory, successful ▪ adverse, bad …   Collocations dictionary

• probable — I UK [ˈprɒbəb(ə)l] / US [ˈprɑbəb(ə)l] adjective ** likely to happen or be true That is not only possible, it is probable. This is the probable site of an ancient Roman temple. highly/very probable: By 1938, war seemed highly probable. it is… …   English dictionary

• probable — prob|a|ble1 [ prabəbl ] adjective ** likely to happen or be true: That is not only possible, it is probable. This is the probable site of an ancient Roman temple. highly/very probable: By 1938, war seemed highly probable. it is probable that: It… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• probable — 1 adjective likely to exist, happen, or be true: A victory doesn t seem very probable at this stage. | it is probable that: It seems highly probable that they ll have to move house. | probable result/outcome/effect etc: The new building will go… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• probable — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ADVERB ▪ highly, very ▪ increasingly ▪ quite …   Collocations dictionary

• Prognosis — The probable outcome or course of a disease; the patient s chance of recovery. * * * A forecast of the probable course and/or outcome of a disease. [G. p., fr. pro, before, + gignosko, to know] denture p. an opinion or judgment, given in advance… …   Medical dictionary

• Hume: moral and political philosophy — Rosalind Hursthouse INTRODUCTION Hume’s moral and political philosophy, like his epistemology and meta physics, originally appeared in A Treatise of Human Nature, (henceforth [7.1]), Book III of which, ‘Of Morals’, was published in 1740. He… …   History of philosophy

• Self-information — In information theory (elaborated by Claude E. Shannon, 1948), self information is a measure of the information content associated with the outcome of a random variable. It is expressed in a unit of information, for example bits, nats, or… …   Wikipedia

• prognosticate — To give a prognosis. SYN: prognose. * * * prog·nos·ti·cate präg näs tə .kāt vt, cat·ed; cat·ing to make a prognosis about the probable outcome of prog·nos·ti·ca·tion .näs tə kā shən n * * * prog·nos·ti·cate (prog nosґtĭ kāt) to forecast …   Medical dictionary