See potential on Wiktionary
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"text": "Comrades, our own fleet doesn't know our full potential. They will do everything possible to test us, but they will only test their own embarrassment.",
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"roman": "vǎzmožen",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "възможен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "potencialen",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "потенциален"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potencial"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "潛在"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiánzài",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "潜在"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "potenciální"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "potencionální"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potentiel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potentieel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "mahdollinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potentiaalinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potentiel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "möglich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potenziell"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potentiell"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "potentziáli",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "פוטנציאלי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potenciális"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "mögulegur"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "ionchasach"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "poitéinsiúil"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "féideartha"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potenziale"
},
{
"alt": "せんざいてき",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "senzaiteki",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "潜在的"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "bom sǭn",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "ບົ່ມຊ້ອນ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potenciāls"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "galimas"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "torohū"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "potencjalny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potencial"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "potɛnciálʹnyj",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "потенциа́льный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vozmóžnyj",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "возмо́жный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potencial"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "posible"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potentiell"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "binitin"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "gizil"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "potansiyel"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "potencíjnyj",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "потенці́йний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "možlývyj",
"sense": "existing in possibility",
"word": "можли́вий"
}
],
"word": "potential"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
"Swedish lemmas",
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"form": "no-table-tags",
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]
},
{
"form": "potential",
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"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "potentialen",
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"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "potentialer",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "potentialerna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "potentials",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "potentialens",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "potentialers",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "potentialernas",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
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"3": "",
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"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
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"name": "head"
},
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},
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}
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"args": {},
"name": "sv-infl-noun-c-er"
}
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"lang_code": "sv",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"word": "potens"
},
{
"word": "potentialvandring"
},
{
"word": "potentiell"
}
],
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{
"glosses": [
"potential (currently unrealized ability)"
],
"links": [
[
"potential",
"potential#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"common-gender"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"sv:Physics"
],
"glosses": [
"potential"
],
"links": [
[
"physics",
"physics"
],
[
"potential",
"potential#English"
]
],
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"(physics) potential"
],
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"common-gender"
],
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"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"physics"
]
}
],
"word": "potential"
}
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"msg": "rejected heuristic header: table cell identified as header and given candidate status, BUT Swedish is not in LANGUAGES_WITH_CELLS_AS_HEADERS; cleaned text: potential",
"path": [
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],
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"subsection": "noun",
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}
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