probable

From Old French probable, from Latin probābilis (“that may be proved, credible”), from probare (“to test, examine”); see probe, prove. Compare recent doublet provable.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑbəbl̩/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɒbəbl̩/

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• Hyphenation: prob‧a‧ble

probable (comparative more probable, superlative most probable)

1. Likely or most likely to be true.

   It's probable that it will rain tomorrow.

   The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.

2. Likely to happen.

   With all the support we have, success is looking probable.

3. Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.

   probable evidence; probable presumption

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Blackstone to this entry?)

4. (obsolete) Capable of being proved.

• improbable

• probability
• probable cause
• probably

• possible
• probeable

probable (plural probables)

1. Something that it likely to occur
2. A person that is likely to appear or do a certain thing.

• probable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• probable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

From Latin probābilis.

probable (epicene, plural probables)

1. probable

• improbable

• probabilidá

From Latin probābilis.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈba.blə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /pɾuˈba.blə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /pɾoˈba.ble/
• Rhymes: -aβle

probable (masculine and feminine plural probables)

1. probable

• improbable

• probablement

• probabilitat

• “probable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Latin probābilis.

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.babl/

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probable (plural probables)

1. probable (all meanings)

• improbable
• probabilité
• probablement

• “probable” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• probábel

From Latin probābilis.

probable m or f (plural probables)

1. probable

• improbable, improbábel

• probablemente

• probabilidade

probable

1. probably

From Latin probābilis.

• IPA^(key): /pɾoˈbable/, [pɾoˈβaβle]

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probable (plural probables)

1. probable, likely
2. provable

• improbable

• probablemente

• probabilidad