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likely [ˈlaɪklɪ]1. adjectivea. [result, consequences] probable• it is likely that... il est probable que... + subj• it is not likely that... il est peu probable que... + subj• it's hardly likely that... il est peu probable que... + subjb. he is likely to... il est bien possible qu'il... + subj• to be likely to win/succeed [person] avoir de fortes chances de gagner/réussir━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━• to be likely to fail/refuse [person] risquer d'échouer/de refuser• she is likely to arrive at any time elle va probablement arriver d'une minute à l'autre ; (unwelcome) elle risque d'arriver d'une minute à l'autrec. ( = plausible) plausible• a likely story! elle est bonne, celle-là !d. ( = promising) he's a likely candidate c'est un candidat qui promet• he glanced round for a likely-looking person to help him il chercha des yeux une personne susceptible de l'aider2. adverba. (US) ( = probably) probablement• some prisoners will likely be released soon certains prisonniers seront probablement bientôt libérésb. very or most likely très probablement• it will very or most likely rain il va sûrement pleuvoir• are you going? -- not likely! tu y vas ? -- sûrement pas !* * *['laɪklɪ] 1.1) ( probable) probable; [explanation] plausibleit is ou seems likely that — il est probable que
it is not ou hardly likely that — il y a peu de chances que (+ subj)
a likely story! — iron à d'autres! (colloq)
2) ( promising) [person, candidate] prometteur/-euse3) ( potential) [client, candidate] potentiel/-ielle2.not likely! — (colloq) GB que tu crois! (colloq)
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A adj1 ( probable) probable ; [explanation] plausible ; [excuse, story] iron beau/belle ; to be likely to fail/increase/face problems risquer d'échouer/d'augmenter/de connaître des difficultés ; to be likely to become president/pass one's exams avoir de fortes chances de devenir président/de réussir à ses examens ; the man most likely to win l'homme qui a le plus de chances de gagner ; it is ou seems likely that il est probable que ; it is not likely that, it is hardly likely that il y a peu de chances que (+ subj) ; he is not likely to come/refuse il y a peu de chances qu'il vienne/refuse ; he looks likely to fail il échouera probablement ; a likely story! iron à d'autres ○ ! ; a likely excuse! iron belle excuse! ;2 ( potentially successful) [person, candidate] prometteur/-euse ;3 ( potential) [customer, client, candidate] potentiel/-ielle. -
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1. noun• what are his prospects? quelles sont ses perspectives d'avenir ?━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━✦ Lorsque prospect est un nom, l'accent tombe sur la première syllabe: ˈprɒspekt, lorsque c'est un verbe, sur la seconde: prəˈspekt.* * *1. ['prɒspekt]1) ( hope) (of change, improvement) espoir m; ( of success) chance fa bleak/gloomy prospect — une perspective triste/sombre
2) ( outlook) perspective f3) ( good option) ( for job) recrue f potentielle; ( for sports team) espoir m4) Commerce ( likely client) client/-e m/f potentiel/-ielle5) ( view) littér vue f2.prospects plural noun perspectives fpl3. [prə'spekt], US ['prɒspekt]to have no prospects — [person] ne pas avoir d'avenir; [job] être sans avenir
transitive verb prospecter [land, region]4. [prə'spekt], US ['prɒspekt]intransitive verb prospecter -
4 prospect
A n1 (hope, expectation) (of change, improvement, promotion) espoir m ; ( of success) chance f (of doing de faire) ; there is some prospect/little prospect of improvement il y a espoir/peu d'espoir que cela s'améliore ; a bleak/gloomy prospect une perspective triste/sombre ; there is some prospect that il y a un espoir que (+ subj) ; there is no prospect of the strike ending soon/of my ou me being released il n'y a aucun espoir que la grève se termine bientôt/que je sois libéré ; to hold out the prospect of sth présager qch ; to face the prospect of sth/of doing faire face à la perspective de qch/de faire ; to face the prospect that faire face à la perspective que (+ subj) ; to rule out the prospect of sth écarter l'espoir de qch ;2 ( outlook) perspective f ; to have sth in prospect avoir qch en perspective ; to be in prospect [changes, cuts] être à prévoir ;3 ( good option) ( for job) recrue f potentielle ; ( for sports team) espoir m ; this new product seems like a good prospect for the company ce nouveau produit semble ouvrir de bonnes perspectives pour la compagnie ;B prospects npl perspectives fpl d'avenir ; she has good career prospects elle a de bonnes perspectives de carrière ; the prospects for the economy/for growth les perspectives pour l'économie/de croissance ; what are the prospects of promotion/of being promoted? quelles sont les perspectives de promotion/les chances d'être promu? ; an industry with excellent prospects une industrie avec d'excellentes perspectives ; a job with good prospects un emploi ayant de bonnes perspectives ; to have no prospects [person] ne pas avoir d'avenir ; [job] être sans avenir ; a young man with prospects un jeune homme qui a de l'avenir.
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