Probable
Capable of being proved.
Having more evidence for than against; supported by evidence which inclines the mind to believe, but leaves some room for doubt; likely.
Rendering probable; supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating; as, probable evidence; probable presumption.
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Probable Quotations
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
Aristotle
When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.
Rene Descartes
Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.
George Orwell
Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.
Richard Dawkins
Reality is not always probable, or likely.
Jorge Luis Borges
The concern around probable questions, which in a sense have been hidden, will grow around the world and the matter is critical, the reason we are doing all this is so we can respond correctly to what is reported to be a major catastrophe on the African continent.
Thabo Mbeki
It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn.
William Godwin
It is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the condition of hired laborers.
Leland Stanford
From the standpoint of observation, then, we must regard it as a highly probable hypothesis that the beginnings of the mental life date from as far back as the beginnings of life at large.
Wilhelm Wundt
I do have to earn a living, so I'm conscious of probable reactions from readers, but the most important one is still the awareness that if I'm not enjoying a story, the reader won't either.
Thomas Perry
Probable Translations
probable in Danish is sandsynlig
probable in Dutch is waarschijnlijk
probable in French is probable
probable in Spanish is probable
probable in Swedish is sannolik, trolig
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