potential
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adjective attributive
having or showing the capacity to become or develop into something in the future:
〖名詞の前で〗可能性を秘めた, 見込みのある, 恐れのある
e.g. 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:
«…としての» (天性の)才能, 素質 «as» ; «…する» (潜在的な)力 «to do»
e.g. a young broadcaster with great potential
e.g. the potentials of the technology were never wholly controllable.
(often potential for/to do something) the possibility of something happening or of someone doing something in the future:
«…が起こる/…の/…する» 可能性, 見込み, 恐れ «for/of/to do, for doing»
e.g. pesticides with the potential to cause cancer
e.g. the crane operator's clear view reduces the potential for accidents.
2. Physics the quantity determining the energy of mass in a gravitational field or of charge in an electric field.
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DERIVATIVES
potentiality | pəˌten(t)SHēˈalədē | noun
potentialize | -ˌlīz | verb
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.