{
    "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
}