likely

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - adjective

1. has a good chance of being the case or of coming about (Freq. 58)
- these services are likely to be available to us all before long
- she is likely to forget
- a likely place for a restaurant
- the broken limb is likely to fall
- rain is likely
- a likely topic for investigation
- likely candidates for the job
• Ant:
unlikely
• Similar to:
apt, liable, probable, promising
• See Also:
possible
• Derivationally related forms:
likeliness
• Attrubites:
likelihood, likeliness
2. likely but not certain to be or become true or real (Freq. 4)
- a likely result
- he foresaw a probable loss
• Syn:
probable
• Ant:
improbable (for: probable)
• Similar to:
equiprobable, presumptive, verisimilar
• Derivationally related forms:
likeliness, probability (for: probable)
3. expected to become or be;
in prospect
- potential clients
• Syn:
potential
• Similar to:
prospective
• Derivationally related forms:
potency (for: potential), potentiality (for: potential), likeliness
4. within the realm of credibility
- not a very likely excuse
• Similar to:
credible, believable

II - adverb

with considerable certainty;
without much doubt (Freq. 9)
- He is probably out of the country
- in all likelihood we are headed for war
• Syn:
probably, in all likelihood, in all probability, belike
• Derived from adjective:
probable (for: probably)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  potential, probable, probably, in all likelihood, in all probability, belike
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  improbable, unlikely