Vocab: tõenäoline - likely

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probable; likely; plausible; something that can be expected to happen or be true with high probability

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Building blocks

• tõe- → genitive stem of tõde — “truth”

• -näo- → genitive stem of nägu — “face/look/appearance”

• -line → adjective suffix — “having the quality of”

So literally tõenäoline means: “having the look of truth” → likely to be true

How to use it:

Here is how you use the word “tõenäoline” ⬇️

Example

Kõige tõenäolisem seletus on tavaliselt kõige lihtsam.

Literally: “Most probable explanation is usually most simple.”

Idiomatically: “The most likely explanation is usually the simplest.”

Kõige - Adverb - Indeclinable: “most”
tõenäolisem - Adjective - Comparative, Nominative Singular: “more probable”
seletus - Noun - Nominative Singular: “explanation”
on - Verb - 3rd Person Singular, Present: “is”
tavaliselt - Adverb, Indeclinable: “usually”
kõige - Adverb - Indeclinable: “most”
lihtsam - Adjective - Comparative, Nominative Singular: “simpler / simplest”