potential
A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
The thousand most frequent English words — the core of every conversation. Frequency-ranked from corpus data; definitions adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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A currently unrealized ability (with the most common adposition being to).
Repetition of an activity to improve a skill.
Relating to now, for the time being; current.
The head of state of a republic, sometimes also the head of government as well, particularly (US politics) the head of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States of America.
An instance of applying pressure; an instance of pressing.
A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children.
The cost required to gain possession of something.
Belonging or pertaining to an individual person, group of people, or entity that is not the state.
In all likelihood.
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
A series of events leading to a result or product.
The act of producing, making or creating something.
A person who belongs to a profession.
A set of structured activities; a plan of action.
A planned endeavor, usually with a specific goal and accomplished in several steps or stages.
To make a living; earn money for necessities.
Only if (the stipulation that follows is true).
Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
Issued for sale to the public
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
A game in which players must only say questions, and if they don't they lose.
To the greatest extent or degree; completely, entirely. — With verbs, especially past participles.
The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
A contest between people, animals, vehicles, etc. where the goal is to be the first to reach some objective.
The technology that allows for the transmission of sound or other signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves.
A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than)
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
The process of interpreting written language.
True, genuine, not merely nominal or apparent.
In a way or manner that is real, not unreal.
A cause: — That which causes something: an efficient cause, a proximate cause.
Generally accepted as correct or true.
Having happened a short while ago.
In the recent past — a short while ago.
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
The colour of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the colour which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive colour.
Standing in relation or connection.
Connection or association; the condition of being related.
The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
Necessary; obligatory; mandatory.
Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc. (that are currently available, or that are familiar to one's self).
An attitude of consideration or high regard; a feeling of admiration or esteem.
An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
To proceed, spring up or rise, as a consequence, from facts, arguments, premises, combination of circumstances, consultation, thought or endeavor.
To come or go back (to a place or person).
A second or subsequent reading of a text or artifact in an attempt to gain new insights.
The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.
A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, oftentimes ending in another body of water, such as an ocean or in an inland sea.
A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane.
A formation of minerals, specifically: — The naturally occurring aggregate of solid mineral matter that constitutes a significant part of the earth's crust.
A character or part played by a performer or actor.
Australian rules football.
Moving or advancing at a run.