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Definition of probable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

probable

adjective
 
 
/ˈprɒbəbl/
 
/ˈprɑːbəbl/
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  1. likely to happen, to exist or to be true
    • the probable cause/explanation/outcome
    • highly/quite/most probable
    • It is probable that the disease has a genetic element.
    compare improbable
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    • The two outcomes are equally probable.
    • The probable cause of the fire was an electrical fault.
    • It is quite probable that they will call an election next spring.
    Topics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • look
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • highly
    • very
    • increasingly
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘worthy of belief’): via Old French from Latin probabilis, from probare ‘to test, demonstrate’.
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