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Cosa (chi) è likely - definizione
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Likely (disambiguation)
likely
(likelier, likeliest)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
You use likely to indicate that something is probably the case or will probably happen in a particular situation.
Experts say a 'yes' vote is still the likely outcome...
If this is your first baby, it's far more likely that you'll get to the hospital too early...
Francis thought it likely John still loved her.
= probable
? unlikely
ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ that
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Likely is also an adverb.
Profit will most likely have risen by about ?25 million...
Very likely he'd told them he had American business interests.
= probably
ADV: ADV with cl/group
2.
If someone or something is likely to do a particular thing, they will very probably do it.
In the meantime the war of nerves seems likely to continue...
Once people have seen that something actually works, they are much more likely to accept change.
? unlikely
ADJ: v-link ADJ to-inf
3.
A likely person, place, or thing is one that will probably be suitable for a particular purpose.
At one point he had seemed a likely candidate to become Prime Minister...
We aimed the microscope at a likely looking target.
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
You can say not likely as an emphatic way of saying 'no', especially when someone asks you whether you are going to do something. (INFORMAL)
'How about having a phone out here?'-'Not likely!'
= no way
CONVENTION [emphasis]
likely
a.
1.
Probable, credible.
2.
In a fair way, to be expected.
3.
Pleasing, agreeable, likable, that may be liked.
4.
Suitable, well-adapted, well-suited, convenient.
Likely
·adj Similar; like; alike.
II. Likely ·adv In all probability; probably.
III. Likely ·adj Worthy of belief; probable; credible; as, a likely story.
IV. Likely ·adj Such as suits; good-looking; pleasing; agreeable; handsome.
V. Likely ·adj Having probability; having or giving reason to expect;
- followed by the infinitive; as, it is likely to rain.
VI. Likely ·adj Having such qualities as make success probable; well adapted to the place; promising; as, a likely young man; a likely servant.
Wikipedia
Likely
Likely may refer to:
- Probability
- Likelihood function
- Likely (surname)
- Likely, British Columbia, Canada, a community
- Likely, California, United States, a census-designated place
- Likely McBrien (1892-1956), leading Australian rules football administrator in the Victorian Football League
- In the nomenclature of political forecasting, a "likely" seat is one that is predicted, but not definitively, to probably be won by a particular political party
Esempi dal corpus di testo per likely
1. The sample sizes were: 1,01' likely voters in Minnesota, 1,201 likely voters in Wisconsin, 1,088 likely voters in Colorado and 1,043 likely voters in Michigan.
2. They are less likely to be abused, more likely to do better in school, less likely to commit crimes, more likely to found lasting families of their own.
3. British children were most likely to be drunk from the age of 11 onwards, most likely to have had sex by 15 and highly likely to smoke cannabis.
4. Nearly one–third of likely voters said the choice of Palin made them more likely to support McCain and nearly one–quarter said it made them less likely.
5. They were more likely to be flooded, more likely to be displaced, the least likely to be able to return, and therefore the least likely to be able to vote.