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The only way you can obtain brood mares on a basis you can afford is to buy two or three yearling fillies every year and race them. The good ones, the ones that show potentialities, you keep, and the others you get rid of. In that way, you have a chance to build up a good brood mare band.
Larry MacPhail

Meaning of "potentialities" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POTENTIALITIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POTENTIALITIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Potentialities is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES POTENTIALITIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

potentialities

Potentiality and actuality

In philosophy, potentiality and actuality are principles of a dichotomy which Aristotle used to analyze motion, causality, ethics, and physiology in his Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics and De Anima. The concept of potentiality, in this context, generally refers to any "possibility" that a thing can be said to have. Aristotle did not consider all possibilities the same, and emphasized the importance of those that become real of their own accord when conditions are right and nothing stops them. Actuality, in contrast to potentiality, is the motion, change or activity that represents an exercise or fulfillment of a possibility, when a possibility becomes real in the fullest sense. These concepts, in modified forms, remained very important into the middle ages, influencing the development of medieval theology in several ways. Going further into modern times, while the understanding of nature implied by the dichotomy lost importance, the terminology has found new uses, developing indirectly from the old. This is most obvious in words like "energy" and "dynamic" but also in examples such as the biological concept of an "entelechy".

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POTENTIALITIES

potent
potentate
potential
potential difference
potential divider
potential energy
potential well
potentiality
potentially
potentiary
potentiate
potentiation
potentiator
potentilla
potentiometer
potentiometric
potentiometry
potentize
potently
potentness

WORDS THAT END LIKE POTENTIALITIES

abilities
activities
amenities
authorities
capabilities
celebrities
cities
communities
disabilities
entities
facilities
humanities
minorities
opportunities
parties
possibilities
qualities
quantities
responsibilities
universities
utilities

Synonyms and antonyms of potentialities in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «POTENTIALITIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «potentialities» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of potentialities

Translation of «potentialities» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POTENTIALITIES

Find out the translation of potentialities to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of potentialities from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «potentialities» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

潜力
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

potencialidades
570 millions of speakers

English

potentialities
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

योग्यता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإمكانات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

возможности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

potencialidades
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্ভাবনা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

potentialités
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Potensi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Möglichkeiten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

潜在的可能性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잠재력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Potensi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiềm năng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முக்கியத்துவங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संभाव्यता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

potansiyelleri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

potenzialità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

potencjalności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

можливості
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

potențialități
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δυνατότητες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

moontlikhede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

potential
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

potensialer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of potentialities

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POTENTIALITIES»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POTENTIALITIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about potentialities

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10 QUOTES WITH «POTENTIALITIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word potentialities.
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Matthew Tobin Anderson
I feel like it's important every once in a while to estrange ourselves from the familiar to remind ourselves of the potentialities of people, how many different ways there are of being.
2
John Foster Dulles
Mankind will never win lasting peace so long as men use their full resources only in tasks of war. While we are yet at peace, let us mobilize the potentialities, particularly the moral and spiritual potentialities, which we usually reserve for war.
3
Thomas A. Edison
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.
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Erik Erikson
Men have always shown a dim knowledge of their better potentialities by paying homage to those purest leaders who taught the simplest and most inclusive rules for an undivided mankind.
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Vaclav Havel
None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise us when there is the right interplay of events.
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Shekhar Kapur
In this universe, and this existence, where we live with this duality of whether we exist or not and who are we, the stories we tell ourselves are the stories that define the potentialities of our existence. We are the stories we tell ourselves.
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Larry MacPhail
The only way you can obtain brood mares on a basis you can afford is to buy two or three yearling fillies every year and race them. The good ones, the ones that show potentialities, you keep, and the others you get rid of. In that way, you have a chance to build up a good brood mare band.
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Margaret Mead
If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.
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Ashley Montagu
By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development and fulfillment of his potentialities as a human being.
10
Katherine Anne Porter
Our being is subject to all the chances of life. There are so many things we are capable of, that we could be or do. The potentialities are so great that we never, any of us, are more than one-fourth fulfilled.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POTENTIALITIES»

Discover the use of potentialities in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to potentialities and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Potentialities: Collected Essays in Philosophy
This volume is indicative of Agamben's broad range of interests. . . . Despite this range of interests, however, a sustained commitment to certain theoretical issues--particularly language and history--lends the volume a coherence. . .
Giorgio Agamben, Daniel Heller-Roazen, 1999
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The Aging in India: Problems and Potentialities
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A. B. Bose, K. D. Gangrade, 1988
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Membrane Contactors: Fundamentals, Applications and ...
This book focuses on the basic "principles of work": required membrane materials and properties; major operating parameters; the importance of module configuration and design and; the performance of membrane contactors in specific processes ...
Enrico Drioli, A. Criscuoli, E. Curcio, 2011
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New Trends and Potentialities of ToF-SIMS in Surface Studies
This book presents the latest trends and applications of time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS).
Jacek Grams, 2007
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Ubuntu: A Theoretical Examination of the Potentialities of ...
In support of pragmatic application, the results of earlier research into the potential use of Ubuntu within child and adolescent residential treatment facilities were included, indicating that Ubuntu should be explored further as a tool of ...
Tammy Hanks, 2008
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Restorative Justice for Juveniles: Potentialities, Risks and ...
"A selection of papers presented at the international conference, Leuven, May 12-14, 1997".
Lode Walgrave, 1998
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The British Aircraft Industry, Its Industrial and Commercial ...
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Anonymous, General Books, 2010
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Speculative Pragmatism
Yet, any cohesive matrix is indefinitely rich, and in its concrete potentialities it is both functionally diffused and embedded in a matrix of possibilities. The network of potentialities that constitutes a cohesive matrix can best be understood as a ...
Sandra B. Rosenthal, 1986
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Ancient Buildings and Earthquakes : the Local Seismic ...
10. The. Local. Seismic. Culture. Ferruccio FERRIGNI Not without some odd incongruity, scientists dealing with the issues involved in protecting the cultural heritage from seismic risk are currently proceeding in two research directions. On the ...
‎2005
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Development Administration : Potentialities and Prospects
In Indian context.
Sumer Lal Goel, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POTENTIALITIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term potentialities is used in the context of the following news items.
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Janesville again waits on GM negotiations
“There is so many potentialities. Until we get an announcement when something is a little more firm, a group like that would be spinning its ... «Gazettextra, Jul 15»
2
JUMP gives youth a voice
Parkour involves seeing one's environment in a new way, and imagining the potentialities for navigating it by movement around, across, ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»
3
He Who Opens "Can of Worms" Before Time Kills Tree of Light!
... our educational facilities provide all the children of Ghana with the best possible opportunities for the development of their potentialities...” «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
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Disconnected in an Overconnected World (Part 3)
... better understood: Most of the potentialities in the quantum world remain unknown. Only a small number manifest upon focused observation. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Searching for income in a low yield world
If you are married, there are literally hundreds of potentialities. http://newsdemocratleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/web1_Costellow. «News-Democrat & Leader, Jul 15»
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TODAY'S EDITORIAL COMMENT: Lungu's support for women
The main objective of our politics should be to destroy the system of exploitation and build a new society, which releases the potentialities of ... «postzambia.com, Jul 15»
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Last 100 days of Crony Capitalism....What's Next?
... when it would take into consideration the opinion of people, who are most aware of their economic problems and potentialities, and therefore ... «Pulse, Jul 15»
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Algeria, Spain Positioned As 'Important' Economic Partners - Sellal
... Algeria and Spain represent important economic partners as major potentialities can be exploited in common , apart from hydrocarbons, ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Indian energy, petchem delegation exploring investment …
Suzlon's senior representative said Iran enjoys noticeable potentialities for generation of electricity from wind and solar powers; adding that the ... «Tehran Times, Jul 15»
10
Islands in southern Vietnam unprepared for tourist influx
However, except for the much-loved Phu Quoc Island, where infrastructure for tourism purposes have received due attention, the potentialities ... «Tuoitrenews, Jul 15»

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