likely
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈlaɪkli/
:
probable
- If you practice regularly, you are likely to improve your skills.
- more likely
- less likely
- most likely
Which income bracket is most likely to use a coupon?
- Which income bracket is most likely to use a coupon?
- In fact, the ABCDE is less likely than EDCBA with this set.
Examples
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But there are a couple of things that this is likely to help solve.
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Children experiencing homelessness are more likely to miss school than other students from families.
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Are women more likely to kill young people like children than men are?
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- It's not likely, but possible.
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Of these, 15 to 20 are likely to be eligible for leaving care support.
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From the patient's point of view, they are likely to have little expectation.
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And adherence to a treatment plan also makes it more likely that they will get better.
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Kids who have allergies are 26% more likely to develop social anxiety than those without.
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Persons covered by Medicaid or Medicare were more likely than others to be affected.
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For example, less experienced teachers are more likely to be assigned to classrooms of underrepresented students.
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Synonyms
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3.4
Likely to happen or be true but not certain
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3.2
Likely to do something, often by habit
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6.1
Likely to happen
Likely to happen or be true
Antonyms
How Likely
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Likely comes from the simple word like plus the ending -ly, so it originally meant 'in a like way' or 'having the quality of being like'. So, likely now means 'probable' or expected to happen.