likely
like
ˈlaÉĒk
laik
ly
li
li
/ˈlaÉĒkli/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "likely"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ, āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āφāϛ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ

having a possibility of happening or being the case
likely definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dark clouds indicate a likely chance of rain later in the day.
āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧋ āĻŽā§‡āϘ āĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āωāĻĒāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ, āϝāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻĨ

appropriate for a particular purpose or situation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She ’s a likely artist, with her incredible talent and unique style gaining attention.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ­āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āύāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļ⧈āϞ⧀ āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āφāĻ•āĻ°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ, āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϤ

credible or reasonable based on evidence, circumstances, or logical reasoning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The police officer 's testimony was considered likely, given the supporting evidence from the scene.
āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāϟāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āϞāĻŋāĻļ āĻ…āĻĢāĻŋāϏāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ

expected to happen, based on evidence or probability
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They are likely to announce the new product next month.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒāĻŖā§āϝ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
most likely
Pronunciation
/mˈoƊst ɔːɹ vˈɛɹi lˈaÉĒkli/
/mˈəʊst ɔː vˈɛɹÉĒ lˈaÉĒkli/
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āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ, āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§āϝ

used to suggest that there is a strong chance of something happening
(most|very) likely definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company will most likely announce its quarterly earnings next week.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŦāĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻŦāϤ āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻšā§‡ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧈āĻŽāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āφāϝāĻŧ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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