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potentialities

potentialities is the plural of potentiality.

Meaning of potentiality

Noun

potentiality (countable and uncountable, plural potentialities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being or having potential.
    • filled with potentiality
    Synonyms:
    potency
  2. (countable) An instance of potential: any given possibility.
    • any and all potentialities
  3. An inherent capacity for growth or development.
  4. An aptitude amenable to development; capability.
  5. A possibility or capacity to be something, as opposed to an actuality describing what something actually is at present.
  6. Quantum potential.

Questions about potentialities

What is potentialities the plural of?
Potentialities is the plural of potentiality.

Words near potentialities in the dictionary

  1. potential wells
  2. potentialism
  3. potentialist
  4. potentialistic
  5. potentialists
  6. potentialities
  7. potentiality
  8. potentialization
  9. potentialize
  10. potentialized
  11. potentializes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: potentialities (page history and authors); potentiality (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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