potential

Definition

  • adjective: capable of becoming real
  • adjective: existing in possibility
  • usually singular

Examples

  • The school tries to help students 'reach/realize their full potential'. [=to become the best they can be]

  • There is 'potential' in the new technology, but it will be a long time before it can actually be used.

  • Wet roads increase the 'potential for' an accident. [=make an accident more likely to happen]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Of course not. Not if you keep telling him he can't. - We are entering your mind... - What? ...to prove that you have the unlocked potential... Whoa, are we inside my brain right now? - It's big. I must be smart. Mm-hm. I'm not hearing a lot (..)
    2014 The Lego Movie
  • (..) We're not talking to them. We want them to like us. Oh... yeah. Wait. What? Almost finished with the potential disasters. Worst scenario is either quicksands, spontaneous combustion or getting called on by the teacher. As long as none of those happens... Okay, everybody. (..)
    2015 Inside Out
  • (..) and a detailed list of instructions 'relating to the enactment of this demand. 'As police round up potential suspects... ' '..this viewer video shows officers raiding an address in Bradford. 'A man thought to be connected with a religious pressure group, dragged to a waiting van... ' (..)
    2011 TvShow: Black Mirror Title: The National Anthem Season: 1 Episode 1