Definitions for probable

probable prob·a·ble

Spelling: [prob-uh-buh l]
IPA: /ˈprɒb ə bəl/

Probable is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 261 anagrams from letters in probable (abbelopr).

Definitions for probable

adjective

  1. likely to occur or prove true:
  2. having more evidence for than against, or evidence that inclines the mind to belief but leaves some room for doubt.
  3. affording ground for belief.

Origin of probable

1350-1400; Middle English Latin probābilis likely, literally, capable of standing a test, equivalent to probā(re) to test (see probe) + -bilis -b

Examples for probable

Actually, a rich guy got away with rape in the (probable) absence of fully convincing evidence two years after the crime.

But “reasonable suspicion” is not the same thing as probable cause.

He was not selling “loosies” that day, no cigarettes were found on his person, and thus there was no probable cause in play.

However, if only two are observed, a tension-type headache becomes the most probable culprit.

But interest does not translate into probable cause without evidence.

The St. is an apt illustration of the probable workings of Plautus' mind.

Was it probable that she had anything suitable to wear to a lecture?

She remembered the bitterness of her month's exile, and its probable cause.

He was a little ahead of them; but it was not probable that the driver would stop for him.

To Billy Brue was allotted the easiest as being the most probable route.

Word Value for probable
Scrable

14

Words with friends

18

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