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• candidate — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ potential, prospective ▪ Prospective parliamentary candidates met party leaders last week. ▪ likely, possible, qualified, suitable, viable …   Collocations dictionary

• likely — [[t]la͟ɪkli[/t]] ♦ likelier, likeliest 1) ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ that You use likely to indicate that something is probably the case or will probably happen in a particular situation. Experts say a yes vote is still the likely outcome...… …   English dictionary

• likely — 1 / laIkli/ adjective likelier, likeliest 1 something that is likely will probably happen or is probably true: Snow showers are likely in the next 24 hours. | the likely cost of the operation | the likeliest outcome of the talks | likely to do… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• likely — I UK [ˈlaɪklɪ] / US adjective Word forms likely : adjective likely comparative likelier superlative likeliest *** 1) probably going to happen, or probably true The most likely cause of the fire was a cigarette. likely to do something: The study… …   English dictionary

• likely — like|ly1 [ laıkli ] adjective *** 1. ) probably going to happen, or probably true: The most likely cause of the fire was a cigarette. likely to do something: The study shows some people are more likely to suffer back problems. likely that: It… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• likely — I. adjective (likelier; est) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gelīclic fitting (from gelīc like) and Old Norse glīkligr, līkligr, from glīkr like; akin to Old English gelīc Date: 14th century 1. having a high probability of occurring… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• likely*/*/*/ — [ˈlaɪkli] adj I 1) probably going to happen, or probably true Ant: unlikely Is anyone likely to see Fran?[/ex] It seems likely that interest rates will rise.[/ex] 2) suitable, or almost certain to be successful Ant: unlikely a likely candidate… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• candidate — can‧di‧date [ˈkænddt ǁ deɪt, dt] noun [countable] 1. JOBS someone who is being considered for a job or is competing to be elected: • Candidates must have strong interpersonal skills. candidate for • They are interviewing three candidates for… …   Financial and business terms

• candidate */*/*/ — UK [ˈkændɪdeɪt] / UK [ˈkændɪdət] / US / US [ˈkændɪˌdeɪt] noun [countable] Word forms candidate : singular candidate plural candidates 1) one of the people competing in an election the Labour/Liberal/Conservative candidate a) one of the people… …   English dictionary

• candidate — can|di|date [ kændı,deıt, kændıdət ] noun count *** 1. ) one of the people competing in an election: the Democratic/Republican candidate a ) one of the people competing for a job: The candidate must demonstrate good communication skills.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Candidate key — In the relational model, a candidate key of a relvar (relation variable) is a set of attributes of that relvar such that # at all times it holds in the relation assigned to that variable that there are no two distinct tuples with the same values… …   Wikipedia