potentially


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.
– origin ME: from late L. potentialis, from potentia ‘power’.
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