be bound to, to be very likely to happen or be true; certain to do something; Example: He's bound to find out eventually; Pattern: be bound + to-infinitive, poised, ready to do something or to happen very soon; Example: She's poised to take over the company Pattern: poised + to-infinitive / for + noun, imminent, coming or likely to happen very soon; Example: A deal is imminent; Collocations: imminent danger, imminent collapse, imminent announcement, in all likelihood, almost certainly; very probably; Example: In all likelihood, they'll have left already;, be slated to, to be officially planned or scheduled to happen; Example: The film is slated to premiere in May Pattern: be slated + to-infinitive, conceivably, possibly; in a way that can be imagined or believed; Example: Conceivably, she has already resigned; Use with: could / might / may, hang in the balance, to be in an uncertain state; the outcome is not yet decided; Example: The election result hangs in the balance; Contexts: election, career, deal, negotiations, cross that bridge when we come to it, to deal with a problem only when it actually happens; Example: We'll cross that bridge when we come to it; Tense: usually future / conditional (we'll / I'll / let's)

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