potentially — ozdic

Collocations

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ADJ.

accelerating, ambiguous, dangerous, dangerous, fatal, general, habitable, huge

The old bridge was potentially dangerous and needed immediate repairs.

VERB + POTENTIALLY

change, dealing, discovered, imports, operated, see, share

We discovered potentially dangerous chemicals in the old warehouse basement.

POTENTIALLY + NOUN

condition, corpse, disaster, disease, humanitarian, ideas, layla's, planet

The untreated infection was identified as a potentially serious disease that required immediate medical attention.

PREP.

in, on, than, upon, with

This new software could potentially have issues with older computers.

ADV.

equally

The two candidates are potentially equally qualified for the management position.

Definitions

adv

1

In a manner showing much potential; with the possibility of happening in a given way.

Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.

Its impending end has rung alarm bells across social media, with a baseline tariff as high as 145% depending on the carrier set to take effect on Chinese imports, potentially more than doubling the cost for all those cheap products deal-hungry Americans scooped up.

2

Powerfully, strongly.

I freely assert, that the cosmopolite philosopher cannot, for his life, point out one single peaceful influence, which within the last sixty years has operated more potentially upon the whole broad world, taken in one aggregate, than the high and mighty business of whaling.

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Example Bank

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01

Nevertheless, it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating t

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Its impending end has rung alarm bells across social media, with a baseline tariff as high as 145% depending on the carrier set to take effect on Chinese imports, potentially more than doubling the co

Wiktionary

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I freely assert, that the cosmopolite philosopher cannot, for his life, point out one single peaceful influence, which within the last sixty years has operated more potentially upon the whole broad wo

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04

Our words are potentially ambiguous.

Tatoeba · #247708

05

She caught sight of the tautology that she was looking for in a crowd of other, equally useless and potentially dangerous, tautologies.

Tatoeba · #805917

06

The utterance is potentially misleading.

Tatoeba · #839185

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, potentially is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.