potentiality

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /pəˌtɛnʃiˈæləti/ UK /pəˌtɛnʃiˈæləti/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
latent capacity for development or achievement

The plan recognized the full potentiality of the young workforce.

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Synonyms

1 noun · latent capacity for... potential possibility capability capacity latency promise

Opposites

actuality impossibility

Word family

Related forms potential potent potency

Etymology

From Medieval Latin potentialitas, from Late Latin potentialis ('potential'), from Latin potentia ('power'), from posse ('to be able').

potentialis la-lat potentia Latin posse Latin

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# potentiality

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /pəˌtɛnʃiˈæləti/
**IPA (UK):** /pəˌtɛnʃiˈæləti/

## Meanings
1. latent capacity for development or achievement

## Examples
- The plan recognized the full potentiality of the young workforce.

## Synonyms
- potential
- possibility
- capability
- capacity
- latency
- promise

## Antonyms
- actuality
- impossibility

## Related Forms
- potential
- potent
- potency

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: potentialis
- Root: potentia
- Root: posse

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin potentialitas, from Late Latin potentialis ('potential'), from Latin potentia ('power'), from posse ('to be able').

## AI Etymology
Potentiality is from Medieval Latin potentialitas, from Late Latin potentialis ('potential'), from Latin potentia ('power'), from posse ('to be able'). In present-day use, it means latent capacity for development or achievement. Related vocabulary includes potential, potent, and potency.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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