likely explanation
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflikelyandexplanation
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likely
adjective
uk/ˈlaɪ.kli/us/ˈlaɪ.kli/
If something is likely, it will probably happen or ...
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explanation
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌek.spləˈneɪ.ʃən/
the details or reasons that someone gives to make something clear or easy ...
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(Definition oflikelyandexplanationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The mostlikelyexplanationis that he was already placing his papers in safekeeping and did not wish anyone to discover where they were.
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In absence of human infection, alikelyexplanationis the restricted movement and dispersion of both rodents and snails.
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Neither of these mechanisms would give rise to convergent evolution, making recombination a morelikelyexplanation.
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The mostlikelyexplanationfor this result is that transaction costs increase, regardless of the region, according to the diversity of a society.
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Alikelyexplanationis that some of the effects of the demographic variables are captured by the countyspecific terms.
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Perhaps the morelikelyexplanationis an accelerating decline in the marginal value of additional survival time (independent of pure time preference).
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A morelikelyexplanationis that these early effects re-ect item differences.
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At first glance, underregistration of males seems thelikelyexplanation.
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Taken together, these data provide alikelyexplanationto answer the question as to why peritoneal macrophages in women with endometriosis have lower phagocytotic capability.
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The morelikelyexplanationis that, amongst the patients with adverse social circumstances, the decision to abort could be taken without reference to a psychiatrist.
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Onelikelyexplanationof this difference is the kinds of demands made by the experimental tasks.
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The phenomenon of amnesia for syncope is the mostlikelyexplanationfor this overlap.
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Underlying neurodegenerative processes, which may be pathological or age-related, are thought to be the mostlikelyexplanation.
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The mostlikelyexplanationfor this generational difference is the increasing importance of education in the modern world.
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Alikelyexplanationfor this asynchrony is the obvious difference in complexity of noun and verb grammatical packaging.
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Although we generally believe that the mostlikelyexplanationshould also give the greatest amount of understanding, this relation cannot be taken for granted.
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A morelikelyexplanationfor the decline was simply that the market had dried up.
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Alternatively, a lesslikelyexplanationis that there may be increased production of fluid from the lung lesion.
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The mostlikelyexplanationseems to be the following.
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