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Inflections of 'likely' (adj):

likelier: adj comparative

likeliest: adj superlative

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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
likely (that) adj	(probable)	probable que adj mf + conj
	It's likely that he'll want to come with us.
	Es probable que quiera venir con nosotros.
likely to do [sth] adj	(expected)	probable que adj mf + conj
	He's likely to be very interested in your offer.
	Es probable que le interese mucho tu oferta.
likely adv	(probably)	probablemente adv
	He will likely leave tomorrow.
	Probablemente se marchará mañana.
likely adj	(credible)	creíble adj
	That story doesn't sound very likely.
	Esa historia no parece muy creíble.
likely adj	(promising) (prometedor)	probable adj
	We have a couple of likely candidates.
	Tenemos un par de candidatos probables.

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Compound Forms:
Inglés		Español
a likely story n	informal, ironic (dubious account)	cuento chino loc nom m
		cuentos nmpl
	Are you telling me you never heard the phone? That's a likely story!
	¿Dices que no escuchaste el teléfono? Es un cuento chino.
	(irónico)	buena excusa loc nom f
		¡patrañas! interj
	¿Dices que no escuchaste el teléfono? ¡Patrañas!
more likely adj	(more probable)	más propenso loc adj
		lo más probable loc adj
	People are more likely to take precautions after last season's fires.
	La gente es más propensa a tomar precauciones después de los incendios de la temporada pasada.
	Lo más probable es que la gente tome precauciones después de los incendios de la temporada pasada.
most likely adj	(most probable)	lo más probable, la más probable loc adj
	The most likely explanation for your wallet being missing is that it fell out of your pocket.
	La explicación más probable es que tu billetera se haya caído de tu bolsillo.
not be likely v expr	(be improbable)	ser improbable, resultar improbable loc verb
		no ser probable, no resultar probable loc verb
	The company is struggling to make a profit, so my boss is not likely to let me have a pay rise.
	La compañía tiene dificultades para obtener ganancias, así que es improbable que mi jefe me de un aumento.
not likely adj	(improbable)	no ser probable loc verb
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. No es probable que ella llame esta tarde.
queues likely expr	UK (road sign: expect slow traffic) (señalización)	tránsito lento expr
very likely adj	(highly probable)	muy probable loc adj
	I think it very likely that we will get some rain tonight.
	Es muy probable que llueva esta noche.

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'likely' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

In the English description:

apt to - bankable - bet - bid fair - bound - bound to - clay pigeon - confirmed bachelor - dangerous - dim - doubtful - fear for your life - feasible - feel like - fractious - front runner - full of promise - goer - golden time - good prospect - have a good chance - have a good shot at - have legs - head - headed for - heir apparent - I daresay - improbable - in the cards - in the offing - increase the chances - last - liable - mean - no-hoper - odds-on - ought - outsider - predispose - pressure point - presumable - probable - probable cause - promising - prospective - red-hot - risk assessment - safe to say - sellable - shorten

Spanish:

fácil - acontecedero - cuando el río suena piedras trae - en la de menos - esperable - igualmente probable - más que posible - presumible - probable - probablemente - seguramente - susceptible de

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Synonyms: probable, expected, inclined, like as not, bound, more...

Collocations: is the likely [winner, choice, candidate], is likely to [have, get, occur, cause, become, have], [will, would] likely [have], more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "likely" in the title:

(He) capsized and would most likely have died had he not been wearing (X) - grammar
2 to 4 times more likely to develop coronary heart disease
500m passengers are likely to join the fray
6.6 times as likely to die
a likely reason
A likely story!...
A more likely explanation would be....
about as likely as not
activities are much more likely to be found
Actually, it is likely that I will study at the school
adverbs - likely, probably (negative) - grammar
all this is likely to go out of the window
Alleged harm caused, or likely to be caused to a child. - legal
am likely speak as a blunt tool
and it isn't likely
and its likely cause
appear more likely - medical
are less likely... and are more likely - grammar
are likely to be - financial
are likely to be false as they stand
are likely/tend
are most likely
are not likely to be affected - medical
are the least likely to
are this many times more likely to die of...
Are X more likely to
Are you more or less likely to vote?
are/being more likely - grammar
as likely - grammar
be likely
more...

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