probable 音标拼音: [pr'ɑbəbəl]
n . 有希望的候选人,可能的事情
a . 很可能的,大概的,象真实的
有希望的候选人,可能的事情很可能的,大概的,象真实的
probable adj 1 :
likely but not certain to be or become true or real ; "
a likely result "; "
he foresaw a probable loss " [
synonym :
{
probable }, {
likely }] [
ant : {
improbable }, {
unlikely }]
2 :
apparently destined ; "
the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme "
n 1 :
an applicant likely to be chosen Probable \
Prob "
a *
ble \,
a . [
L .
probabilis ,
fr .
probare to try ,
approve ,
prove :
cf .
F .
probable .
See {
Prove },
and cf .
{
Provable }.]
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1 .
Capable of being proved . [
Obs .]
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2 .
Having more evidence for than against ;
supported by evidence which inclines the mind to believe ,
but leaves some room for doubt ;
likely .
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That is accounted probable which has better arguments producible for it than can be brought against it . --
South .
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I do not say that the principles of religion are merely probable ;
I have before asserted them to be morally certain . --
Bp .
Wilkins .
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3 .
Rendering probable ;
supporting ,
or giving ground for ,
belief ,
but not demonstrating ;
as ,
probable evidence ;
probable presumption . --
Blackstone .
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{
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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90 Moby Thesaurus words for "
probable ":
anticipatable ,
anticipated ,
apparent ,
approaching ,
apt ,
awaited ,
believable ,
calculable ,
cogitable ,
colorable ,
coming ,
conceivable ,
conceivably possible ,
contingent ,
credible ,
desired ,
destinal ,
destined ,
determined ,
divinable ,
due ,
earthly ,
emergent ,
eventual ,
evident ,
expected ,
extrapolated ,
fair ,
fatal ,
fated ,
fatidic ,
feasible ,
foreknowable ,
foreseeable ,
foreseen ,
foretellable ,
forthcoming ,
future ,
futuristic ,
hereafter ,
hoped -
for ,
hopeful ,
humanly possible ,
illusory ,
imaginable ,
imminent ,
improbable ,
in prospect ,
in the cards ,
in view ,
indubitable ,
later ,
liable ,
likely ,
long -
expected ,
mortal ,
most likely ,
nearing ,
odds -
on ,
on the horizon ,
ostensible ,
overdue ,
planned ,
plausible ,
plotted ,
possible ,
potential ,
precognizable ,
predictable ,
predictable within limits ,
predicted ,
presumable ,
presumed ,
presumptive ,
projected ,
promised ,
promising ,
prophesied ,
prospective ,
rational ,
reasonable ,
seeming ,
statistically probable ,
thinkable ,
to come ,
to -
be ,
ultimate ,
undoubted ,
unquestionable ,
verisimilar
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