how to pronounce likelihood

/ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd/

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likelihood is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of likelihood in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… strong likelihood that while the hill …”

meaning of likelihood

Likelihood means the chance of something happening.

likelihood frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word likelihood occurs in english on average 12 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics likelihood can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that likelihood can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

words with pronunciation similar to likelihood

livelihood

likely