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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
potential/pəˈtenʃl/
▶adjective having the capacity to develop into something in the future. ▶noun
- 1 latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness.
- 2 (often potential for/to do something) the possibility of something happening or of someone doing something in the future.
- 3 Physics the quantity determining the energy of mass in a gravitational field or of charge in an electric field.
– derivatives
potentiality noun,
potentialize (or potentialise) verb,
potentially adverb.
potentiality noun,
potentialize (or potentialise) verb,
potentially adverb.
– origin ME: from late L. potentialis, from potentia ‘power’.
'potential' also found in these Oxford entries:
action potential
- alert
- assure
- bar tack
- blind
- brush discharge
- candle
- capacitance
- carcinogenic
- cautious
- corona
- earth
- educe
- electrometer
- electromotive force
- electronvolt
- entelechy
- equipotential
- est
- farad
- fool's paradise
- fulfil
- general-purpose
- germ cell
- harm
- have
- high-flyer
- HIP
- hustings
- impress
- incautious
- infomediary
- isoelectric
- Josephson junction
- kinetic energy
- mileage
- nascent
- negative equity
- occurrent
- ohm
- photodiode
- poontang
- portfolio
- possible
- potential barrier
- potential difference
- potential energy
- potentiometer
- potentiometry
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"improvement potentials" or "potential for improvement"?
a spark of potential
as well as potential lovers
beyond their potential
come primarily from variations in actual output around potential output
distribution potential
Enquirer - Potential Purchaser
great potential
has the potential to generate
holding the potential for
how big its conflict potential can/may be
intellectual potential
intoxication potential
legitimacy VS potential
make the most (use) of their potential
my nest isn't empty. It's full of potential
Observe that all components supply voltage potential
potential
Potential
Potential
potential
potential - innovative
potential for vs. potential of
potential lies in/potential lays in
potential receptivity to and loopholes for self-determination claims
Potential staff
Potential stock
potential vs potentiality
potential/prospects of future growth
more...
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