Synonym: apt, hopeful, liable, likely, presumable, promising. Antonym: improbable. Similar words: probably, probability, reprobate, probation, probationary, problem, profitable, probity. Meaning: ['prɑbəbl /'prɒb-] n. an applicant likely to be chosen. adj. 1. likely but not certain to be or become true or real 2. apparently destined.
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121. As neither has happened it is probable that the incidence of HIV-1 infection among homosexual men has not fallen.
122. The most probable to go is William VanLandingham, who has been so inconsistent with the Giants.
123. It is probable that many factors are involved in the incidence, and that these vary among populations.
124. This latter connection is important because it emphasises a probable key trend.
125. It's quite probable that they did most of their courting in the cinema.
126. When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. Rene Descartes
127. And officials of federal, international and California agencies regard it as a potential or probable carcinogen.
128. It is probable that one of the electrical wires had had its insulation damaged.
129. Even more probable than the extinction of humanity is a catastrophe that destroys our culture while leaving some humans still alive.
130. It was held that the accused was aware of the probable consequences of firing the gun as he did.
131. She is regarded as an outsider and a probable nuisance to the solidarity of a joint family.
132. The probability of each parse was then calculated and the most probable parse selected.
133. These are statements of probable sales, costs and other relevant financial and quantitative data. ii.
134. The probable reasons for the safety record of such warehouses are two-fold: - Human beings are largely excluded from such operations.
135. We might say that a probable event is one that happens in many or most possible worlds.
136. Measles is the probable cause of illness in the three athletes.
137. It is probable that deliberate equivocation in respect of the intended sense of word forms is always to some extent odd.
138. From subsequent events it seems probable that two tribes gave Rome considerable assistance during the landing and fighting that followed.
139. Iron-working is also attested in Normangate Field,(www.Sentencedict.com) principally by several probable furnaces in the aisled building alongside Ermine Street.
140. More skeletons of probable plague victims were uncovered on the Rock House site in July 1987.
141. But the generality and power can vary from the local and tentative to the universal and highly probable.
142. It seems probable that Kent imported material directly from the Frankish world.
143. Warning: Eaten in sufficient amounts, this product ensures bad breath, probable indigestion and pungent, loose stools.
144. It is quite probable that both IgE and enzyme deficiencies are important in causing the symptoms.
145. He openly talked of him as the probable successor to the see of Canterbury.
146. I am not convinced that the principle of natural selection alone makes the emergence of rational beings probable.
147. Her worry about his probable infidelity had led her to attack him in an irresponsibly dangerous manner.
148. The most probable cause of the problem was the males being infertile.
149. It is probable that he has forgotten.
150. Rain is possible, but not probable before evening.
More similar words: probably, probability, reprobate, probation, probationary, problem, profitable, probity, pro bono, opprobrium, able, table, cable, viable, gabled, enable, liable, unable, notable, usable, likable, movable, tableau, parable, capable, affable, be able to, amiable, vegetable, disabled.