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Expressing likelihood or tendency
Nói khả năng hoặc xu hướng xảy ra
be likely to V / be more likely to V
Dùng khi điều gì đó có khả năng xảy ra, hoặc khi một người, nhóm, hay tình huống có khả năng cao hơn sẽ làm gì hoặc trải qua điều gì.
Relatively younger students are more likely to repeat a grade.
Use when something will probably happen, or when one person, group, or situation has a higher chance of doing or experiencing something.
Core probability family. `likely`, `more likely`, and `less likely` are one headword family, so they count as one entry. Cambridge and Merriam-Webster support the probable/expected sense; fresh Ngram 1650-2022 shows very strong modern use.
tend to V / have a tendency to V
Dùng khi điều gì đó thường hoặc hay xảy ra như một xu hướng chung, không phải một lần riêng lẻ.
Relatively younger students tend to be disadvantaged in the early years of schooling.
Use when something often or usually happens as a general pattern, rather than as a one-time event.
Core tendency family. `tend` and `tendency` share the same root, so they are grouped. Cambridge supports the target likely/often sense; Merriam-Webster supports the tendency/inclination sense.
be prone to N/V-ing
Dùng khi ai đó hoặc cái gì đó đặc biệt dễ gặp, bị ảnh hưởng bởi, hoặc thường lặp lại một vấn đề mang sắc thái tiêu cực.
Early assessments can be prone to error when age differences are ignored.
Use when someone or something is especially likely to suffer from, be affected by, or repeatedly show a usually negative problem.
Extended-core risk/vulnerability route. Cambridge connects `prone` with a usually negative characteristic or something bad; Merriam-Webster supports `prone to` as likely and gives problem-oriented examples such as error and disease. ON is marked because the phrase commonly points to problems, illness, damage, or mistakes.
be liable to V
Dùng khi điều gì đó có khả năng xảy ra, đặc biệt là một kết quả không mong muốn, rủi ro, hình phạt, hoặc vấn đề.
If support is delayed, early gaps are liable to widen.
Use when something is likely to happen, especially an unwanted result, risk, penalty, or problem.
Extended-core risk route. Cambridge supports the likely-to-happen sense and legal-responsibility senses. Merriam-Webster notes that `liable` is often recommended for undesirable outcomes and is more often used that way in edited writing. SF/ON stays provisional until corpus distribution is readable.
be apt to V
Cách nói thiên về văn viết hơn để diễn đạt ai đó hoặc điều gì đó có khả năng, hoặc có xu hướng tự nhiên, sẽ làm gì.
Early test scores are apt to exaggerate small age differences.
A more written way to say that someone or something is likely, or naturally tends, to do something.
Extended-core written route. Cambridge supports `be apt to do something` as likely/often-do; Merriam-Webster supports `apt` as having a tendency or being likely and says current commentators accept this use. Ngram shows much lower modern frequency than `likely to` or `tend to`, so SF/W is provisional rather than a hard formal label.