Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

likeliness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables: like-li-ness
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur.

Uncountable

noun

Likelihood, probability or chance of occurrence; plausibility or believability.

Uncountable

noun

Suitability; agreeableness.

Uncountable

noun

Likeness; similarity.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"To determine the likeliness of an individual in a concept, a membership function is required."
"A new competitor may decrease the likeliness of an old hypothesis, but it will usually not change its loveliness."
"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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: liklinesse
Suffix: likely

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

likelinesses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

likelihood

Synonyms

likelihood

Questions

What does likeliness mean?: The condition or quality of being probable or likely to occur.
Where does likeliness come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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