| query | If you say that something is u_______ to happen or unlikely to be true, you believe that it will not happen or that it is not true, although you are not completely sure .If you say that something is unlikely to happen or unlikely to be true, you believe that it will not happen or that it is not true, although you are not completely sure . A military coup seems unlikely. As with many technological revolutions, you are unlikely to be aware of it. It now seems unlikely that future parliaments will bring back the death penalty. In the unlikely event of anybody phoning, could you just scribble a message down? |
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| word | unlikely |
| full-definition | adjective If you say that something is unlikely to happen or unlikely to be true, you believe that it will not happen or that it is not true, although you are not completely sure . A military coup seems unlikely. As with many technological revolutions, you are unlikely to be aware of it. It now seems unlikely that future parliaments will bring back the death penalty. In the unlikely event of anybody phoning, could you just scribble a message down? |
| inflections | unlikelierunlikeliest |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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