in all probability

prepositional phrase

Very probably; almost certainly.

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in all likelihoodprobablylikelybelike
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Very probably; almost certainly.

    Shoreditch Station was not officially closed until November 17, 1941, but in all probability no trains had called there since the evening of October 3, 1940.

    1959 October 28, “The Why and the Wherefore: Wartime Closing of London Stations”, in Railway Magazine, page 737
    1 more example

    If you take any two Manchester manufacturers, or two Birmingham manufacturers, you will find that there is that jealousy between them that if one knew that another had looked at the thing and paid no attention to it, in all probability he would not be induced to look at it.

    1851, House of Commons, Reports from the committees, volume 12, Great Britain, page 48

    Synonyms: in all likelihood

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseVery probably; almost certainly.

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in all likelihood

More synonyms by meaning

adverbwith considerable certainty; without much doubt

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probablylikelyin all likelihoodbelike
Also see
as likely as notbelikein all likelihoodlikelyprobably

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 很可能
  • 很可能 (hěn kěnéng)very probably
Dutch naar alle waarschijnlijkheid, hoogstwaarschijnlijk
  • naar alle waarschijnlijkheidvery probably
  • hoogstwaarschijnlijkvery probably
Finnish kaiken todennäköisyyden mukaan
  • kaiken todennäköisyyden mukaanvery probably
French selon toute vraisemblance
  • selon toute vraisemblancevery probably
German aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach, höchstwahrscheinlich
  • aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nachvery probably
  • höchstwahrscheinlichvery probably
Greek κατά πάσα πιθανότητα, πιθανότατα
  • κατά πάσα πιθανότητα (katá pása pithanótita)very probably
  • πιθανότατα (pithanótata)very probably
Hungarian alighanem, minden bizonnyal
  • alighanemvery probably
  • minden bizonnyalvery probably
  • bizonyáravery probably
  • minden valószínűség szerintvery probably
Italian con ogni probabilità, con tutta probabilità
  • con ogni probabilitàvery probably
  • con tutta probabilitàvery probably
Polish najprawdopodobniej
  • najprawdopodobniejvery probably
Portuguese tudo indica que ...
  • tudo indica que ...very probably
Russian по всей вероя́тности
  • по всей вероя́тности (po vsej verojátnosti)very probably
Spanish con toda probabilidad
  • con toda probabilidadvery probably
Welsh yn ôl pob tebyg
  • yn ôl pob tebygvery probably
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Chicago

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