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comparative more probable, superlative most probable
Likely or most likely to be true. examples
Likely to happen. examples
Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating. quotations examples
probable evidence
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press
From an examination of the Teutonic words for "temple" Grimm has made it probable that amongst the Germans the oldest sanctuaries were natural woods.
1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 8
(obsolete) Capable of being proved.
plural probables
Something that is likely. quotations examples
Four of the 32 251 Ku aircraft turned back, but the other 28 fought for 20 minutes against a reported 100 enemy aircraft, claiming 18 destroyed and five probables.
2013, Ikuhiko Hata, Yasuho Izawa, Christopher Shores, Japanese Naval Fighter Aces 1932-45, page 57
A person who is likely to appear or do a certain thing. examples