likelihood
/ˈlʌɪklɪhʊd/
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- 3 syllables
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- Short i vowel
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li - ke - li - hood -> likelihood
(n) ဖြစ်နိုင်ခြေ
likely / 'laÇkli / adj (-ier, -iest )
၁။ ~ (to do sth / that…) ဖြစ်နိုင်ဖွယ်ရှိသော။ အလားအလာရှိသော။ ဖြစ်ကောင်း ဖြစ်နိုင် စရာရှိသော။
a likely cause / outcome / result ❍ It’s likely to rain. ❍ The pain is likely to get worse. ❍ It’s likely that you’ll need an operation.
၂။ သင့်လျော်သော။ a likely candidate for the job ❍ This looks a likely place for a picnic. likely adv
❏ likelihood / 'laÇklihƱd / n [U] ဖြစ်နိုင်ခြေ။ There’s no likelihood of that happening. ❍ In all likelihood (ie Very probably) the meeting will be cancelled.
❏ a likely story [IDM ] (ironic ) မယုံနိုင်စရာပဲ။ He says he just forgot about it — a likely story!
❏ as likely as not ; most/very likely [IDM ] တန်တော့။ As likely as not she’s forgotten all about it. ❍ She’s been delayed, most likely.
❏ not likely! [IDM ] (infml ) လုံးဝမဖြစ်နိုင်တာ။ Me? Join the army? Not likely!
- The most likely cause of the fire was a cigarette.
- [likely to do something] : The study shows some people are more likely to suffer back problems.
- [likely (that)] : It seems likely that interest rates will rise.
- [more than likely] : It’s more than likely I’ll see Ben this week.
- She’s a likely candidate for the job.
- Go to any party, regardless of size, and more likely than not you will see Mike there.
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