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- Dictionarypo·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"
- 2. the quantity determining the energy of mass in a gravitational field or of charge in an electric field: "a change in gravitational potential"
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Potential definition: possible, as opposed to actual. See examples of POTENTIAL used in a sentence.
Potential, from the Latin potentia "power," sounds more complicated than it is. It describes something or someone that has the power to become something. A potential success is not yet a success but could be if circumstances are right.
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