Definition of Potential
Potential
po·ten·ti·al


Definition/Meaning
(noun)
Capable of becoming or being something in the future.

e.g. The new employee has great potential for growth within the company.

(noun)
latent abilities or qualities that may develop lead to future usefulness or success;

e.g. She is a young music artist with tons of great potential!

(noun)
the quantity that determines the energy of charge in an electric field;

e.g. There is a change in the potential energy.



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  • "Life is like a ten-speed bicycle. Most of us have ten gears we never use." -- Charles M Schulz

  • "The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good." -- Brian Tracy



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