Potential - English meaning

noun

Possession of the means or skill to do something.

Usage examples:

The manager had lost his ability to motivate the players

suffix

Forming nouns of quality corresponding to adjectives ending in -able (such as suitability corresponding to suitable ).

noun

The mental or physical power or skill needed to do something

Usage examples:

[ u ] they should not be taking in somebody they don't have the ability to care for., [ c ] her tea…

noun

A natural ability to do something.

Usage examples:

Children with an aptitude for painting and drawing

noun

Natural ability or skill

Usage examples:

[ u ] my son has no aptitude for sports.

noun

A natural ability or skill

Usage examples:

Aptitude for sth discovering that he had an aptitude for finance, he got a job as a commercial-cred…

adjective

(of a plant) having or developing buds.

Usage examples:

A budding chrysanthemum

verb

(of a plant or animal) form a bud.

Usage examples:

New blood vessels bud out from the vascular bed

adjective

Growing or developing

Usage examples:

The high school jazz group included a number of budding musicians.

noun

The power or ability to do something.

Usage examples:

He had an intuitive capability of bringing the best out in people

noun

The maximum amount that something can contain.

Usage examples:

The capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet

noun

The amount that can be held or produced by something

Usage examples:

[ c ] the stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000., [ u ] the theater was full to capacity that ni…

noun

The total amount or number of things or people that something can hold

Usage examples:

A capacity of sth the tanks have a capacity of 1000 litres., capacity audience/crowd the rally drew…

adjective

Growing and becoming more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

This is a rapidly developing field

verb

Grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, or elaborate.

Usage examples:

Motion pictures were to develop into mass entertainment

adjective

Growing or becoming stronger or more advanced

Usage examples:

A developing fetus

adjective

(of an animal) having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; in or as if in a deep sleep.

Usage examples:

Dormant butterflies

adjective

(of things) not active or growing, but having the ability to be active at a later time

Usage examples:

A dormant volcano, most roses being sold now are dormant, and without any soil around their roots.

adjective

Not active or growing now, but having the ability to become active in the future

Usage examples:

Authorities reopened a dormant investigation of the company., lie/remain/sit dormant the legislatio…

adjective

Relating to an embryo.

Usage examples:

Slight differences in embryonic development

adjective

Of or relating to an embryo

Usage examples:

The region’s embryonic tourist industry would be damaged by this development.

noun

A special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well.

Usage examples:

She had a flair for languages

noun

The ability to do something well

Usage examples:

Alan has a flair for public speaking.

noun

A period of time following the moment of speaking or writing; time regarded as still to come.

Usage examples:

We plan on getting married in the near future

adjective

At a later time; going or likely to happen or exist.

Usage examples:

The needs of future generations

noun

Time which is to come, or something that will happen or exist later

Usage examples:

[ u ] what are your plans for the future?, [ u ] we hope to buy a house in the foreseeable future.,…

adjective

Existing in something as a permanent, essential, or characteristic attribute.

Usage examples:

Any form of mountaineering has its inherent dangers

adjective

Existing as a natural and permanent quality of something or someone

Usage examples:

The drug has certain inherent side effects., some phenomena in physics are inherently uncertain.

adjective

(of a quality or state) existing but not yet developed or manifest; hidden or concealed.

Usage examples:

They have a huge reserve of latent talent

adjective

Present, but not yet active, developed, or obvious

Usage examples:

Latent ethnic tensions exploded into the open yesterday.

adjective

Present, but not yet active, developed, or obvious

Usage examples:

Latent capability/talent/skill

adjective

Such as well might happen or be true; probable.

Usage examples:

Speculation on the likely effect of opting out

adverb

Probably.

Usage examples:

We will most likely go to a bar

adjective

Expected to happen; probable

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] if i don’t write it down, i’m likely to forget., i’ll most likely get there at …

noun

A thing that may happen or be the case.

Usage examples:

Relegation remains a distinct possibility

noun

Something that can be done or achieved, or that can exist

Usage examples:

One possibility is to hire more people., there’s a possibility of snow tonight.

adjective

Able to be done or achieved.

Usage examples:

Surely it's not possible for a man to live so long?

noun

A potential candidate for a job or team.

Usage examples:

I have marked five possibles with an asterisk

adjective

That can be done or achieved, or that can exist

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] is it possible to get an earlier flight?, if possible i’d like to get there bef…

noun

Latent qualities or abilities that may be developed and lead to future success or usefulness.

Usage examples:

The technology is still relatively not well known, in spite of its great potentiality

noun

An ability for development, achievement, or success that is natural or has not been used

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] the army's potentiality to intervene in politics remains strong.

noun

The ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way.

Usage examples:

The power of speech

verb

Supply (a device) with mechanical or electrical energy.

Usage examples:

The car is powered by a fuel-injected 3.0-litre engine

noun

The ability or right to control people and events, or to influence the way people act or think in important ways

Usage examples:

The election results showed that the democrats had lost power, with republicans taking over five mo…

adjective

Likely to happen or be the case.

Usage examples:

It is probable that the economic situation will deteriorate further

noun

A person who is likely to become or do something, especially one who is likely to be chosen for a team.

Usage examples:

Merson and wright are probables

adjective

Likely to be true or likely to happen

Usage examples:

The doctor said that the most probable cause of death was heart failure., i’ll probably be home abo…

noun

A declaration or assurance that one will do something or that a particular thing will happen.

Usage examples:

What happened to all those firm promises of support?

verb

Assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen.

Usage examples:

He promised to forward my mail

adjective

Expected or expecting to be the specified thing in the future.

Usage examples:

She showed a prospective buyer around the house

adjective

Possible

Usage examples:

There were offers from several prospective buyers.

adjective

Someone who might become a customer, buyer, etc.

Usage examples:

What is the best way of contacting prospective customers?, one plant has been sold and seven have p…

noun

The possibility or likelihood of some future event occurring.

Usage examples:

There was no prospect of a reconciliation

verb

Search for mineral deposits, especially by drilling and excavation.

Usage examples:

The company is also prospecting for gold

phrase

The possibility of being successful, especially at work

Usage examples:

Career prospects she's hoping the course will improve her career prospects., prospects of/for prosp…

noun

Natural aptitude or skill.

Usage examples:

He possesses more talent than any other player

noun

A special natural ability to do something well, or people who have this ability

Usage examples:

[ c ] his talents are being wasted in that job., [ u ] the baseball scouts are looking for new tale…

noun

A natural skill or ability

Usage examples:

The successful candidate will have both talent and drive., the company benefited from her expertise…

adjective

Not having been developed.

Usage examples:

Undeveloped coal reserves

adjective

(of a place or land) not built on or used for farming

adjective

Not developed, used, or advanced

Usage examples:

Rhum is the uk's largest undeveloped gas field., this ailment is common in undeveloped countries wi…

adjective

Not achieved or created.

Usage examples:

An unrealized dream

adjective

Not yet done or achieved

Usage examples:

Unrealized ambition/goal/project the group's big unrealized ambition is to offer a single trading s…