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Type Words
Synonyms electric potential, potential difference, potential drop, voltage
Type of electrical phenomenon
Has types resting potential, evoked potential
Type Words
Synonyms possible
Derivation potency


a potential problem.
Type Words
Synonyms likely
Derivation potency, potentiality


potential clients.
Type Words
Synonyms potency, potentiality
Type of possibleness, possibility
Has types prospect, latency, chance

Examples of potential

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Food and wine will flow, creating the potential for spills and unsightly stains.
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Within hours, LaRussa was talking up Tyler Greene as a potential center fielder.
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McDaniels has been linked to the potential Rams opening by multiple NFL pundits.
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Borders executives are in discussions regarding potential refinancing, she said.
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Six-foot-2 senior Jamie Buehrig is a third year starter with a lot of potential.
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As far as the potential embarrassment of lugging a 7-9 record into the playoffs?
From the thenewstribune.com
The station could be in jeopardy because of potential budget cuts at the school.
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Giffords'doctors will not speculate on the potential for long-term disabilities.
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That may have prevented potential buyers from venturing out to new developments.
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More examples
  • Existing in possibility; "a potential problem"; "possible uses of nuclear power"
  • The inherent capacity for coming into being
  • Electric potential: the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
  • Likely: expected to become or be; in prospect; "potential clients"
  • (potentially) with a possibility of becoming actual; "he is potentially dangerous"; "potentially useful"
  • "Potential" is the twelfth episode of season 7 of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
  • Currently unrealized ability; The gravitational potential is the radial (irrotational, static) component of a gravitational field, also known as the Newtonian potential or the gravitoelectric field. ...
  • (Potentials (Action)) Waveforms depicting the electrical activity in an active muscle.
  • (Potentials) are buff and debuff effects associated with units in Valkyria Chronicles. Most units have up to four Personal Potentials and up to four Battle Potentials.