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potential
- 1) adjective, a) possible but not yet actual b) capable of being or becoming but not yet in existence; latent
- 2) adjective, grammar (of a verb or form of a verb) expressing possibility, as English may and might
- 3) adjective, an archaic word for potent
- 4) noun, latent but unrealized ability or capacity
- 5) noun, grammar a potential verb or verb form
- 6) noun, short for electric potential
Etymology
C14: from Old French potencial, from Late Latin potentiālis, from Latin potentia power
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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future, ability, possibility, capacity, capability, aptitude, wherewithal, potentiality, possible, likely, promising, bud, embryonic, probable, hidden, possible, inherent, dormant, latent