high likelihood
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhighandlikelihood
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high
adjective
uk/haɪ/us/haɪ/
(especially of things that are not living) being a large distance from top to bottom or a long way above the ground, or having the stated distance from top ...
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likelihood
noun[U]
uk/ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd/us/ˈlaɪ.kli.hʊd/
the chance that something ...
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(Definition ofhighandlikelihoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Those forms with ahighlikelihoodof being recalled by most speakers will not be very susceptible to analogical pressure.
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In this instance, all of these factors would conspire to ahighlikelihoodof incidental learning.
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As long as the procedure prioritizes fairness, there is ahighlikelihoodthat it will generate a fair result.
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Urgency and thehighlikelihoodof imminent seriously harmful consequences can justify dramatic interventions.
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If the abstract established the relevance of the paper or there was ahighlikelihoodof this, the full paper was acquired.
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This could be associated with wind pollination, and ahighlikelihoodof fertilization without the need for investment in floral advertising.
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In part this reflects the relatively low frequency of reported symptoms, and thehighlikelihoodthat these could have other causes in a tropical setting.
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With nonadjacent subjects, there is ahighlikelihoodof -s occurring with any type of plural subject.
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She also needed a balanced explanation of her prognosis - not only mortality statistics but also a clear statement about thehighlikelihoodof a long, productive life despite the disease.
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Light areas indicatehighlikelihoodof the object being present.
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The more detailed analyses also reveal that cer tain combinations involving risk in only two domains can be identified as types withhighlikelihoodof the problem trajectory.
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If cheap intermediary services are available, some traders may search only if the bilateral matching technology promises ahighlikelihoodof a match (x large).
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Such interventions are critical for this population because of thehighlikelihoodthat they will get treatment following first-line therapy and will need to consider alternatives for supportive care.
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Thus, the marital dissatisfaction and criticality frequently occurring in the spousal relationship in the depressed group generates a family context withhighlikelihoodof triangulation of the child.
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Approach behavior is initiated when an organism infers ahighlikelihoodof reward, and avoidance behavior is initiated when an organism infers a high likelihood of punishment.
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There is a veryhighlikelihoodthat what we are debating—and possibly approving—is what will not happen.
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In other words, will the arms be resold to some other party and, when they are resold, would there be ahighlikelihoodof internal repression or external aggression?
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