noun
- An applicant likely to be chosen.
adjective
- Likely but not certain to be or become true or real.
- usage: "a likely result"; "he foresaw a probable loss"
- synonyms: likely
- Apparently destined.
- usage: "the probable consequences of going ahead with the scheme"
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