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Probable   /prˈɑbəbəl/   Listen
Probable

adjective
1.
Likely but not certain to be or become true or real.  Synonym: likely.  "He foresaw a probable loss"  Antonym: improbable.
2.
Apparently destined.
noun
1.
An applicant likely to be chosen.



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"Probable" Quotes from Famous Books



... home," said Ida, "who cannot endure the sight of a cat. I wish she could hear some of these incidents; it is probable that it might change ...
— Minnie's Pet Cat • Madeline Leslie
... a watch was kept at night, though it was not thought probable that the Indians, even should they discover the absence of Loraine and Keith, ...
— The Frontier Fort - Stirring Times in the N-West Territory of British America • W. H. G. Kingston
... not seen her, nor had any one else. Horace and Abner went up to the Pines, but the forest beyond they never thought of exploring; it did not seem probable that such a small child could have strolled to such a distance ...
— Dotty Dimple's Flyaway • Sophie May
... I was only about to observe that, as Caxton is known to have printed upon vellum,[276] it is most probable that one of his presentation copies of the romances of Jason and Godfrey of Boulogne (executed under the patronage of Edward IV.), might have been printed in the same manner. Be this as it may, it seems reasonable to conclude that ...
— Bibliomania; or Book-Madness - A Bibliographical Romance • Thomas Frognall Dibdin
... for so I shall now call him, had a very sharp look-out kept lest we should again fall in with the Salee Rover, or any of his consorts, which, it was very probable, might still be hovering about in that part of the ocean. The first day after parting company with the Rainbow passed by without a single sail heaving in sight. The breeze had got round to the southward, so that we had a fair wind; and as it was light, we ...
— Old Jack • W.H.G. Kingston


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