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definition of potential

The potential concept refers to everything that is proper or associated with power.

That proper or linked to the power that is the ability to act and the energy that is displayed

Power is recognized as the ability to execute or do something and also as the energy, power and strength that someone or something has and that then allows them to achieve objectives that a priori are presented as complex or even unattainable.

Power in this sense is considered a positive quality that people can present because it precisely allows them to achieve difficult goals.

That which is possible happens or exists

When we talk about potential we are also talking about a possibility of what can happen or exist, of an assumption, since this idea is based on a more or less exact calculation that the entity referred to is estimated to have.

Thus, the potential can be applied not only to a person but also to chemical, physical and mathematical phenomena.

Let us think of a medication that is under investigation, it will be discussed, as its effectiveness has not yet been proven, its potential power to combat this or that disease.

Once tested and proven to be reliable, it will no longer be considered a potential medicine.

The most common use that is given to the word potential is when it refers to the capacity that a person can have to do something.

The ability that someone has to occupy a job or place

Thus, it is very common to say that someone has the potential to work in a certain position, to take care of something or to aspire to something due to the capacities, attitudes and characteristics that they have presented over time.

That potential can be made up of innate characteristics of the person, that is, they were born with him and he carries them with him from his first day of life and usually paves the way to achieve certain issues more quickly.

And on the other hand, the skills may have been acquired through study and training that the person underwent.

Clear examples of this are when talking about the potential that a child can have as a future athlete, scientist or intellectual depending on the area in which he excels.

Another very common example today has to do with the workplace, where it talks about the potential that a person can have to aspire to a position, a promotion, etc.

In this particular case, the personal capacities are combined with the professional ones that an individual has and that, when merged, tend to be key for a person to access a job.

The potential is based on the merits or abilities that the person in question has shown over time.

The potential can also be applied to a company, a business, a group of people, a team and even a nation.

Thus, it is common to hear about the potential that a sports team has to meet the ultimate goal of obtaining a championship.

It is also normal to hear the expression of the economic, military, arms, cultural potential, etc., that a country can have.

On the other hand, it is important to emphasize that potential is usually associated with success, with victory, since those capacities that someone or a group holds are known to be the keys to achieving the proposed objectives.

When two nations face each other in a warlike conflict, and the capabilities each one has is known, it will be easy to predict which one will be victorious, if one has a greater capacity over the other.

All these cases and examples tell us about assumptions and estimates that are made based on more or less specific data and a future projection (short, medium or long term) on the characteristics of the person, entity or institution to which is being pointed out.

Now, it is important that we say that these capacities will not always turn out to be positive or successful and for that matter it is important not to create false expectations in oneself or in others to avoid feelings of failure.

In the field of Grammar, the potential is a verbal mode that is used when you want to manifest a possible action: I could help you if you let me use this verbal mode, it is also known as conditional.

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