different between probable vs justifiable

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)

1. Likely or most likely to be true.

2. Likely to happen.

3. Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
4. (obsolete) Capable of being proved.

Antonyms

• improbable

Related terms

• probability
• probable cause
• probably

Translations

See also

• possible
• probeable

Noun

probable (plural probables)

1. 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.

2. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. probable

Antonyms

• improbable, improbábel

Derived terms

• probablemente

Related terms

• probabilidade

Ido

Adverb

probable

1. probably

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prob?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?o?bable/, [p?o???a.??le]

Adjective

probable (plural probables)

1. probable, likely
2. provable

Antonyms

• improbable

Derived terms

• probablemente

Related terms

• probabilidad

English

Etymology

From Middle French justifiable

Adjective

justifiable (comparative more justifiable, superlative most justifiable)

1. That can be justified.
   • 1917, Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory, Part II.

     It was at all times clear that, from the point of view of the idea it conveys to us, every motion must be considered only as a relative motion. Returning to the illustration we have frequently used of the embankment and the railway carriage, we can express the fact of the motion here taking place in the following two forms, both of which are equally justifiable:

     (a) The carriage is in motion relative to the embankment,

     (b) The embankment is in motion relative to the carriage.

     In (a) the embankment, in (b) the carriage, serves as the body of reference in our statement of the motion taking place. —

Antonyms

• unjustifiable

Related terms

• justifiability
• justifiably
• justify

Derived terms

Translations

French

Adjective

justifiable (plural justifiables)

1. justifiable

Related terms

• justifier
• justification
• justifiablement

Further reading

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