Collocations for "potential"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "potential" in context.
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potential
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [enormous, huge, great, considerable] potential (to)
- the [child, boy, girl, student] has potential (to)
- a young [child] with [enormous] potential
- the [show, series] has killer potential
- (the) potential to [succeed, go far, graduate, improve]
- (the) potential to [be, become] [famous, professional, president]
- the potential to [be] a [singer, star, gymnast, teacher]
- had potential as a [singer]
- the [investment, market] has enormous growth potential
- fulfill its potential (as)
- achieve your full potential
- the potential to [cure, heal, prevent] (diseases)
- a potential for [growth, success]
- [reduce, cut down, trim] the list to [four] potentials
- a potential [cure, breakthrough, discovery]
- (could be) a potential threat to
- involves potential [risks, side effects]
- (the) potential [risks] involved
- are facing potential [problems, consequences, setbacks, lay offs]
- looking for potential [clients, customers, collaborators, investors]
- identify potential [markets, research]
- [evaluate, research] its potential [benefits, uses, impact]
- the potential candidates for [President, the Presidency, the leadership]
- has potential [significance, power]
- has potential energy
'potential' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
a number of
- abuse
- achieve
- acknowledge
- actual
- advise
- appraisal
- assess
- avert
- aware
- benefit
- bias
- boyfriend
- buyer
- category
- client
- conception
- conflict
- consequence
- considerable
- constrain
- contingency
- conversion
- danger
- depletion
- desirable
- disadvantage
- downside
- edgy
- energy
- enormous
- entrepreneur
- estimate
- evaluate
- examine
- existing
- exploitation
- flower
- foresee
- girlfriend
- growth
- harm
- hazard
- highlight
- huge
- imagine
- implication
- inherent
- interview
- investor