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Synonyms for probable

Grammar : Adj
Spell : prob-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒb ə bəl

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Définition of probable

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French probable "provable, demonstrable" (14c.), from Latin probabilis "worthy of approval, pleasing, agreeable, acceptable; provable, that may be assumed to be believed, credible," from probare "to try, to test" (see prove). Probable cause as a legal term is attested from 1670s.
  • adj likely to happen
Example sentences :
  • To Billy Brue was allotted the easiest as being the most probable route.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Was it probable that she had anything suitable to wear to a lecture?
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • The St. is an apt illustration of the probable workings of Plautus' mind.
  • Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
  • He was a little ahead of them; but it was not probable that the driver would stop for him.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • She remembered the bitterness of her month's exile, and its probable cause.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • It is probable that Handel himself had contributed to the downfall of the Academy.
  • Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
  • But that night the camp was warned that an attack was probable.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • "It is probable you speak lies," said the gun bearer at last.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • I think it probable I sculled away from the spot, as there was nothing to guide me.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • It is probable the enemy did not keep his luff, towards the last, on account of the land.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

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