Potentially

Definition

potential /pǝ'tenʃl/ adj (က) အလားအလာရိွေသာ။ a potential source of conflict ❍ a potential leader/ champion ❍ The book is a potential best seller. (ခ) အတည္ (စြမ္းအင္)။ အလားအလာရိွေသာ။ potential energy/ power/ resources ❍ a device with many potential applications. n [U] (က) ~ (for sth) အလားအလာ။ the potential for foreign investment ❍ She recognized the potential for error in the method being used. (ခ) စြမ္းရည္။ စြမ္းပကား။ seek to fulfil one's potential ❍ She has artistic potential/ has potential as an artist. ❏ potentiality /pǝtenʃi'ælǝti/ n ( fml ) စြမ္းရည္။ အစြမ္း သတၱိ။ The potentialities of the average person are not fully used. ❏ potentially /-ʃǝli/ adv ျဖစ္ႏိုင္ေျခ။ အလားအလာ။ a potentially disastrous situation ❍ It could potentially appeal to a wide audience.

Examples

1. A potential disaster
2. The disease is a potential killer.