how to pronounce potential

/pəˈtɛnʃəl/

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potential is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of potential in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… can have lots of potential front ends we …”

meaning of potential

Potential means the ability to do something or the power to produce an effect.

potential frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word potential occurs in english on average 77.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics potential can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that potential can be often used in the following areas:

1) education, science, and technology;