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   Po·ten·tial

   /pəˈten(t)SH(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future: "a two-pronged campaign to woo potential customers"

   noun

   • 1. latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness: "a young broadcaster with great potential"
   • ▪ the possibility of something happening or of someone doing something in the future: "pesticides with the potential to cause cancer"
   • 2. the quantity determining the energy of mass in a gravitational field or of charge in an electric field: "a change in gravitational potential"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin potentialis, from potentia ‘power’, from potent- ‘being able’ (see potent1). The noun dates from the early 19th century.

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