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potentialities

[puh-ten-shee-al-i-tee]

noun, plural -ties for 2.

1.

the state or quality of being potential.

2.

something potential; a possibility: Atomic destruction is a grim potentiality.

Origin:
1615–25; < Medieval Latin potentiālitās. See potential, -ity

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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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