OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 14791

potential

/pəˈtɛnʃəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
posible • potencial
Existing in possibility, not in actuality.
The heroic man,—and is not every man, God be thanked, a potential hero?—has to do so, in all times and circumstances.
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📚 noun • entry_id 14790

potential

/pəˈtɛnʃəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
potencial
A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
Comrades, our own fleet doesn't know our full potential. They will do everything possible to test us, but they will only test their own embarrassment.
Even from a young age it was clear that she had the potential to become a great musician.
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