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probable

[prob-uh-buhl]

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.



probable

/ ˈɒəə /

adjective

  1. likely to be or to happen but not necessarily so

  2. most likely

    the probable cause of the accident

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a person who is probably to be chosen for a team, event, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nonprobable adjective
  • nonprobably adverb
  • quasi-probable adjective
  • quasi-probably adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of probable1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Dz likely, literally, capable of standing a test, equivalent to Dz ( re ) to test ( probe ) + -bilis -ble
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of probable1

C14: via Old French from Latin Dz that may be proved, from Dzre to prove
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Tomas De Jesus, Ramirez’s cousin and his attorney, said authorities are accusing him of “resisting arrest, assaulting people” after agents barged into a private business, “without a warrant, without a probable cause.”

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Tomas De Jesus, Ramirez’s cousin and his attorney, said immigration agents had entered a private business, “without a warrant without a probable cause, to warrant entering into a place like that.”

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“We write to alert your offices to serious misconduct and probable violations of law,” the letter said.

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“My office prepared search warrants for particular businesses where there’s probable cause that they are using fictitious documents to employ people,” Essayli told the station.

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Or was this democracy crisis and now the rise of naked fascism and authoritarianism more probable than not?

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