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Langtraveler Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
likely
Hello.
"the three most likely candidates for president"
The dictionary says "likely" here means "suitable for a particular purpose:"(Longman) but couldn't it mean "promising?"
(the most suitable candidates /
the most promising candidates )
"the three most likely candidates for president"
The dictionary says "likely" here means "suitable for a particular purpose:"(Longman) but couldn't it mean "promising?"
(the most suitable candidates /
the most promising candidates )
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Without any context, I take it to mean the three people who are most probably going to be candidates. Clive
- Without any context, I take it to mean the three people who are most probably going to be candidates.
- Clive
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Without any context, I take it to mean
the three people who are most probably going to be candidates.
Clive
the three people who are most probably going to be candidates.
Clive
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