he is unlikely to succeed

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• succeed — verb 1 manage to achieve what you want; do well ADVERB ▪ admirably, beautifully (esp. AmE), brilliantly, marvellously/marvelously (esp. AmE), well, wildly (esp. AmE), wonderfully ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• succeed — [[t]səksi͟ːd[/t]] ♦♦ succeeds, succeeding, succeeded 1) VERB If you succeed in doing something, you manage to do it. [V in ing/n] We have already succeeded in working out ground rules with the Department of Defense... [V in ing/n] Some people… …   English dictionary

• unlikely — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, look, sound ▪ The takeover bid now looks unlikely to succeed. ▪ become ▪ remain …   Collocations dictionary

• unlikely — [unlīk′lē] adj. [ME unlikly, prob. based on ON ūlīkligr] 1. not likely to happen or be true; improbable 2. not likely to succeed; not promising adv. improbably [he may, not unlikely, join us] unlikelihood n. unlikeliness …   English World dictionary

• unlikely — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. improbable, doubtful, dubious; farfetched, inconceivable; impracticable, implausible; unpromising, inauspicious. See improbability. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not likely to happen] Syn. improbable,… …   English dictionary for students

• unlikely — adj. improbable, not likely to occur; not likely to succeed, not promising adv. improbably, doubtfully, implausibly …   English contemporary dictionary

• The Unlikely Spy — is a spy novel written by Daniel Silva, set during World War II. While some of the exact characters and events may be fictional, the book is based on very real events the attempt by the Allies to use British intelligence to cover up the true… …   Wikipedia

• thin ice —  Unlikely to succeed; dangerous situation.  ► “As they vie for Vietnamese readers, foreign publishers tread on thin ice. A handful of foreign publishers have gained a toehold in Vietnam, but their presence has clearly alarmed elements of the… …   American business jargon

• chance — chance1 W1S1 [tʃa:ns US tʃæns] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(possibility)¦ 2¦(opportunity)¦ 3¦(risk)¦ 4¦(likely to succeed)¦ 5¦(luck)¦ 6 stand/have a chance (of something/of doing something) 7 by any chance 8 any chance of ...? 9 be in with a chance …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• chance — 1 noun 1 POSSIBILITY (C, U) how possible or likely it is that something will happen, especially something that you want: chance/chances of: What are her chances of survival? | there s a chance (that): There s always the chance that something will …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Perfect 10 v. Google, Inc. — Perfect 10 v. Google, Inc., et al. , 416 F. Supp. 2d 828 (C.D. Cal. 2006), is a U.S. court case between an adult men s magazine and an internet search and online advertising company, in the district court of the Central District of California.… …   Wikipedia