Definition

Noun: * Potential: The inherent, often untapped, capacity or resources that exist and can be developed or mobilized to become effective strength or power in areas such as the economy, military, or science.

Usage Examples

• (That country has enormous economic potential.)
• (We need to exploit our scientific and technological potential.)
• (The national defense potential has been strengthened.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is most frequently used in formal, analytical, or strategic contexts (e.g., economics, national development, military strategy) to discuss latent strength.
• It often implies a reservoir of resources—human, material, financial, or intellectual—that is not yet fully utilized but is available for future use.

Variants and Related Words

• Năng lực tiềm ẩn (n): Latent capacity.
• Tiềm năng (n): Potential; often used more broadly and can apply to individuals, markets, or specific fields. While similar, "tiềm lực" often carries a stronger connotation of collective, strategic, or foundational strength.

Synonyms

• Potential: The possibility of becoming something greater.
• Capability: The power or ability to do something.
• Capacity: The maximum amount that something can contain or produce.

Related Concepts

• Nguồn lực (n): Resources; the actual available assets (e.g., capital, labor), whereas "tiềm lực" is the latent power those resources.
• Sức mạnh (n): Strength, power; this is the realized or active form, while "tiềm lực" is the dormant source of that strength.

noun

1. potential