probable
adjective /ˈprɒbəbl/
/ˈprɑːbəbl/
- likely to happen, to exist or to be true
- the probable cause/explanation/outcome
- highly/quite/most probable
- It is probable that the disease has a genetic element.
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb2- The two outcomes are equally probable.
- The probable cause of the fire was an electrical fault.
- It is quite probable that they will call an election next spring.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- highly
- very
- increasingly
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘worthy of belief’): via Old French from Latin probabilis, from probare ‘to test, demonstrate’.