adjective, noun
adjective 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.
compareIMPROBABLE
noun ~ (for sth) (especially BrE) a person or an animal that is likely to win a race or to be chosen for a team:
All four players are probables for the national team.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for probable is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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