Definitions for potential

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potential po·ten·tial

Spelling: [puh-ten-shuh l]

IPA: /pəˈtɛn ʃəl/

Potential is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 541 anagrams from letters in potential (aeilnoptt).

Definitions for potential

noun

1. possibility; potentiality:
2. a latent excellence or ability that may or may not be developed.
3. Grammar. a potential aspect, mood, construction, case, etc. a form in the potential.
4. Electricity. electric potential (def 1).
5. Mathematics, Physics. a type of function from which the intensity of a field may be derived, usually by differentiation.
6. someone or something that is considered a worthwhile possibility:

adjective

1. possible, as opposed to actual:
2. capable of being or becoming:
3. Grammar. expressing possibility:
4. Archaic. potent1 .

Origin of potential

1350-1400; Middle English potencial (Old French) Late Latin potentiālis. See potency, -al¹

Examples for potential

There was so much beauty, talent, potential, and most importantly, honesty in your work.

It recalls the days when Englishmen were potential lighters; that is, potential rebels.

The seedlings of his potential greatness as a leader are sprinkled throughout it.

If she be not a mother, you will supplicate her to speak of her potential children.

I ask Atefeh and Monir if they see dancing as a form of income in the future, a potential career.

She loomed large, potential, courageous, a woman who held life in her hands.

Is there any chance the potential 2016 hopeful will stand up to the right and embrace paid sick leave?

Aren't you perhaps exaggerating your potential influence on my life?

The eating disorder field remains divided over the potential efficacy of such measures.

It is potential, not actual, and can only be appropriated by strenuous exertion.