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prob·a·ble 
[prob-uh-buhl] Pronunciation Key
[prob-uh-buhl] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| 1. | likely to occur or prove true: He foresaw a probable business loss. He is the probable writer of the article. |
| 2. | having more evidence for than against, or evidence that inclines the mind to belief but leaves some room for doubt. |
| 3. | affording ground for belief. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| prob·a·ble
(prŏb'ə-bəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.
[Middle English, plausible, from Old French, from Latin probābilis, from probāre, to prove; see prove.] |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
probable
probable
1387, from O.Fr. probable (14c.), from L. probabilis "provable," from probare "to try, to test" (see prove). Probable cause as a legal term is attested from 1676. Probably is attested from 1535; probability from 1551.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| probable | |
adjective | |
| 1. | likely but not certain to be or become true or real; "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss" [ant: improbable] |
| 2. | apparently destined; "the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme" |
noun | |
| 1. | an applicant likely to be chosen |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Probable
Prob"a*ble\, a. [L. probabilis, fr. probare to try, approve, prove: cf. F. probable. See Prove, and cf. Provable.]1. Capable of being proved. [Obs.] 2. Having more evidence for than against; supported by evidence which inclines the mind to believe, but leaves some room for doubt; likely. That is accounted probable which has better arguments producible for it than can be brought against it. --South. I do not say that the principles of religion are merely probable; I have before asserted them to be morally certain. --Bp. Wilkins. 3. Rendering probable; supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating; as, probable evidence; probable presumption. --Blackstone. Probable cause (Law), a reasonable ground of presumption that a charge is, or my be, well founded. Probable error (of an observation, or of the mean of a number), that within which, taken positively and negatively, there is an even chance that the real error shall lie. Thus, if 3[sec] is the probable error in a given case, the chances that the real error is greater than 3[sec] are equal to the chances that it is less. The probable error is computed from the observations made, and is used to express their degree of accuracy. The probable, that which is within the bounds of probability; that which is not unnatural or preternatural; -- opposed to the marvelous.
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