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PROBABLE

\pɹˈɒbəbə͡l], \pɹˈɒbəbə‍l], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_b_ə_b_əl]\

Definitions of PROBABLE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary

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apparently destined; "the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

apparently destined; "the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Having more evidence for than against; supported by evidence which inclines the mind to believe, but leaves some room for doubt; likely.
Rendering probable; supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating; as, probable evidence; probable presumption.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Probably.
Upheld by evidence, but leaving some room for doubt; likely.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Probably.
Having more evidence for than against: giving ground for belief: likely.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Probably.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Credible; likely to be true.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

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