Lexic.us

Definition of Probable

1. Adjective. Likely but not certain to be or become true or real. "He foresaw a probable loss"

2. Noun. An applicant likely to be chosen.

3. Adjective. Apparently destined. "The probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme"

Definition of Probable

1. a. Capable of being proved.

Definition of Probable

1. Adjective. Likely or most likely to be true. ¹

2. Adjective. Likely to happen. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Probable

1. something likely to occur or prove true [n -S] / likely to occur or prove true [adj] : PROBABLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Probable

probabilists probabilities probability probability density probability density function probability density functions probability distribution probability measure probability paper probability space

probability spaces probability theorist probability theory probable (current term) probable cause probableness probables probabley probably probacy

probal probality proball proband probands probang probangs probasin

Literary usage of Probable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"regularity measured by the probable error P and at the interval ta probable error p, it seems justifiable to say that the interval t is ^ times as difficult ..."

2. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"Computation of probable Errors.—The probable error for the base was determined as ... These values were combined with the probable errors of the tapes, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"PROBABILISTS, those philosophers who maintain that certainty is impossible and that we must be satisfied with what is probable. This was the doctrine of the ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1888)
"Let me illustrate how the probable error measures the sensibility. If to-day I am in a better judging condition than I was yesterday, my probable error will ..."

5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"The example of a revolution, so rapid and so complete, may not easily be found ; but it will excite a probable suspicion, that the arts of Rome were less ..."

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