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potential
Adjective
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A potential customer, benefit, problem, etc. is one that might happen in the future.
Realistic goals can then be set to prevent potential problems from becoming actual ones.
To grow, a business must identify potential customers and their needs.
potential
Noun
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If mathx/math has potential for mathy/math, then it's might change toward mathy/math or cause mathy/math.
Technology has the potential for improvement as well as for harm.
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If something has or shows potential, they will likely be very good in the future.
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The potential is the difference in voltage between two points on an electrical circuit.
pattern
Noun
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A pattern is a design that uses the same set of elements many times in the same order.
The table cloth had a simple pattern of red and white squares.
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The combined and for an individual or a group of people describes a pattern.
The people of Spain have a pattern of resting in the afternoon and eating dinner late at night.
pattern
Verb
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When you pattern something, you make it using a pattern.
Much of crime fiction is patterned from true police .