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{
"term": "unlikely",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "not likely to happen; not probable",
"sensetop": "unlikely to do somethingit is unlikely (that…)",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The project **seemed unlikely** to succeed.",
"contextForm": "unlikely to do something"
},
{
"text": "Of course, such an event is very unlikely to happen."
},
{
"text": "It was **highly unlikely** that the gunshot wound was self-inflicted.",
"contextForm": "it is unlikely (that…)"
},
{
"text": "It is extremely unlikely that the new owner would want to make people redundant."
},
{
"text": "It looks unlikely that prices will fall."
},
{
"text": "It's most *(= very)* unlikely that she'll arrive before seven."
},
{
"text": "Problems with the evidence **made it unlikely **that he would ever be prosecuted."
},
{
"text": "**In the unlikely event of** a problem arising, please contact the hotel manager."
},
{
"text": "An economic collapse is inherently unlikely."
},
{
"text": "He thought it unlikely that she would refuse."
},
{
"text": "an unlikely scenario"
}
],
"topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not the person, thing or place that you would normally think of or expect",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He seems a most unlikely candidate for the job."
},
{
"text": "They have built hotels in the most unlikely places."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "difficult to believe",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She gave me an unlikely explanation for her behaviour."
}
],
"synonyms": "implausible",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["appear", "be", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʌnˈlaɪkli/",
"audio": "un/unlikely/unlikely__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ʌnˈlaɪkli/",
"audio": "un/unlikely/unlikely__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}