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potential

Main Entry:: ¹po·ten·tial
Pronunciation:: \pə-ˈten(t)-shəl\
Function:: adjective
Etymology:: Middle English potencial, from Late Latin potentialis, from potentia potentiality, from Latin, power, from potent-, potens
Date:: 14th century

1: existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality <potential benefits>2: expressing possibility ; specifically : of, relating to, or constituting a verb phrase expressing possibility, liberty, or power by the use of an auxiliary with the infinitive of the verb (as in “it may rain”)

synonyms see latent

— po·ten·tial·ly

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\-ˈten(t)-sh(ə-)lē\ adverb

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