probableness

== English == === Etymology === Latin probabilis, From probable +‎ -ness, in existence since the 1600s. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈprɒb.ə.bəl.nəs/ === Noun === probableness (plural uncountable) (formal, rare) The state or quality of being likely to occur; likelihood, probability. 1872, Batuk Lal, THE LAW OF EVIDENCE (The Indian Evidence Act, 1872): “…the probableness of the existence of that fact…” ==== Synonyms ==== likelihood, probability, plausibility ==== Antonyms ==== improbability, implausibility ==== Related terms ==== probable, probably, probability ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “probableness, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.