Phrase guide

in all probability

prep_phrase · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Very probably; almost certainly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: in all likelihood

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

with considerable certainty; without much doubt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He is probably out of the country
  • in all likelihood we are headed for war

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: probably, likely, in all likelihood, belike

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 很可能 (hěn kěnéng) — very probably
  • Dutch: naar alle waarschijnlijkheid — very probably
  • Dutch: hoogstwaarschijnlijk — very probably
  • Finnish: kaiken todennäköisyyden mukaan — very probably
  • French: selon toute vraisemblance — very probably
  • German: aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach — very probably
  • German: höchstwahrscheinlich — very probably
  • Greek: κατά πάσα πιθανότητα (katá pása pithanótita) — very probably
  • Greek: πιθανότατα (pithanótata) — very probably
  • Hungarian: alighanem — very probably
  • Hungarian: minden bizonnyal — very probably
  • Hungarian: bizonyára — very probably
  • Hungarian: minden valószínűség szerint — very probably
  • Italian: con ogni probabilità — very probably
  • Italian: con tutta probabilità — very probably
  • Polish: najprawdopodobniej — very probably
  • Portuguese: tudo indica que ... — very probably
  • Russian: по всей вероя́тности (po vsej verojátnosti) — very probably
  • Spanish: con toda probabilidad — very probably
  • Welsh: yn ôl pob tebyg — very probably