probables
USPRAH-buh-buhlz/ˈpɹɑbəbl̩z/UKPROB-uh-buhlz/ˈpɹɒbəbl̩z/
- 1Plural of probable.
Selectors named the probables a week before the trial began.
Most of this season's probables were drawn from the junior squad.
Note
Only the noun can take a plural. Probable is chiefly an adjective, and the -s marks its use as a noun, either for likely things or, more often, for likely people. In team selection the probables are the players expected to make the side. They are conventionally set against the possibles, so the pair sorts a squad by how likely each player is to be chosen.
probables is a form of probable
probable, noun: A person regarded as likely to appear, take part, or be selected. Full entry
- Forms
- probableprobables plural
- Spelling
- probable → probables: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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