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presumability

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The extent to which something can be presumed or relied upon to be true.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1907-1909, Henry James, Roderick Hudson/Preface The prime effect of so sustained a system, so prepared a surface, is to lead on and on; while the fascination of following resides, by the same token, in the presumability somewhere of a convenient, of a visibly-appointed stopping place.

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History

Etymology

From presume + -ability.