Meaning
1 sensesSomething or somebody considered unlikely.
Examples
841 sentencesTom is unlikely to eat much.
Навряд чи Том багато їстиме. — deniko
ruТом вряд ли много съест. — marafon
Tom is unlikely to do that.
Том навряд чи це зробить. — deniko
Tom will unlikely do that today.
Навряд чи Том це сьогодні зробить. — deniko
ruВряд ли Том это сегодня сделает. — marafon
Tom is very unlikely to lose.
Дуже малоймовірно, що Том програє. — deniko
It's unlikely Tom will do that.
Навряд чи Том це зробить. — deniko
ruВряд ли Том это сделает. — marafon
Origin
From Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli. By surface analysis, un- + likelyFrom Middle English unlykely, unlikly, unlykly, unlicli. By surface analysis, un- + likely.
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Forms
plural: unlikelies| Singular | unlikely |
|---|---|
| Plural | unlikelies |
regular
Collocations
12 patterns- highly unlikely
- is unlikely to
- highly unlikely that
- very unlikely to
- was very unlikely
- unlikely to do
- very unlikely that
- unlikely to cry
- unlikely to win
- unlikely to happen
- unlikely to want
- unlikely to be
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.