different between probable vs conceivable
probable
English
Etymology
From Middle English probable, from Old French probable, from Latin prob?bilis (“that may be proved, credible”), from prob?re (“to test, examine”); see probe, prove. Compare recent doublet provable.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??b?bl?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??b?bl?/
- Hyphenation: prob?a?ble
Adjective
probable (comparative more probable, superlative most probable)
- Likely or most likely to be true.
- Likely to happen.
- Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
- (obsolete) Capable of being proved.
Antonyms
- improbable
Related terms
- probability
- probable cause
- probably
Translations
See also
- possible
- probeable
Noun
probable (plural probables)
- Something that is likely.
- 2013, Ikuhiko Hata, Yasuho Izawa, Christopher Shores, Japanese Naval Fighter Aces 1932-45 (page 57)
- Four of the 32 251 Ku aircraft turned back, but the other 28 fought for 20 minutes against a reported 100 enemy aircraft, claiming 18 destroyed and five probables.
- 2013, Ikuhiko Hata, Yasuho Izawa, Christopher Shores, Japanese Naval Fighter Aces 1932-45 (page 57)
- A person who is likely to appear or do a certain thing.
Further reading
- probable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- probable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin prob?bilis.
Adjective
probable (epicene, plural probables)
- probable
Antonyms
- improbable
Related terms
- probabilidá
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin prob?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /p?o?ba.bl?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /p?u?ba.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /p?o?ba.ble/
- Rhymes: -a?le
Adjective
probable (masculine and feminine plural probables)
- probable
Antonyms
- improbable
Derived terms
- probablement
Related terms
- probabilitat
Further reading
- “probable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin prob?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.babl/
Adjective
probable (plural probables)
- probable (all meanings)
Related terms
- improbable
- probabilité
- probablement
Further reading
- “probable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Alternative forms
- probábel
Etymology
From Latin prob?bilis.
Adjective
probable m or f (plural probables)
- probable
Antonyms
- improbable, improbábel
Derived terms
- probablemente
Related terms
- probabilidade
Ido
Adverb
probable
- probably
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin prob?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?o?bable/, [p?o???a.??le]
Adjective
probable (plural probables)
- probable, likely
- provable
Antonyms
- improbable
Derived terms
- probablemente
Related terms
- probabilidad
probable From the web:
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conceivable
English
Etymology
conceive +? -able
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?si?v?bl?/
Adjective
conceivable (not comparable)
- Capable of being conceived or imagined
- Synonyms: imaginable, possible, credible, thinkable
Antonyms
- inconceivable
Derived terms
- conceivability
- conceivableness
- conceivably
Translations
conceivable From the web:
- what conceivable mean
- what's conceivable in spanish
- conceivable what is the definition
- what does conceivable mean
- what does conceivable mean in english
- what does conceivable
- what does conceivable future mean
- what is conceivable in philosophy
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