latent
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- adjective
- /ˈleɪtənt/
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latente
- And most of the time, consumer interests are latent, but they'll become manifest.
- latent infection
- latent TB
- latent disease
Our potential as human beings is quite often latent unless we bring it out.
- Our potential as human beings is quite often latent unless we bring it out.
- I suppose it's, it's really a fear of latent potential.
- My prediction is that everyone's going to have some latent sort of anxiety in this.
- Because I I believe we all have latent value.
- This capacity to fix things is human capital, and it is latent in every human being.
- And so it's this like latent technology there waiting to be harnessed.
- You're grateful for your challenges because the challenge are activating latent potential, you know.
- But what we found was that, yes, there were these, these latent similarities.
- They're collecting shoe prints, maybe they're collecting latent prints.
- However, the resulting situation presents an opportunity to see clearly what lay latent and to embrace activism.
- So if you want the model of all the demand that could could be there, the latent demand included.
- So he says that this, this, you know, this makes us realize that things can become latent, but they can easily become conscious again.
- So from the looks of this formula does not actually look at what is the latent demand.
- That is still what we are missing, that is at this interface from latent infection, healthiness progressing into disease.
- And so there's this kind of latent or longer lasting impact on the systems that that impact mood and well-being.
- So you get Sumeria, you've got this need for using this latent capacity and out it comes been waiting there all those years.
Examples
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Our potential as human beings is quite often latent unless we bring it out.
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Everyone has a latent talent for creativity that often only surfaces in the right environment.
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This capacity to fix things is human capital, and it is latent in every human being.
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I learned first hand that there are incredible memory capacities latent in all of us.
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In the early 1970s, this latent shortage of natural gas became all too apparent.
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The team's latent skills became apparent when they faced a challenging project together.
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Many species have latent abilities that help them adapt to changing environments.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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Heat taken in or given out when a material changes state, such as melting and boiling
- Specialized
Hidden meaning of a dream that shows wishes or feelings you do not know you have
- Specialized
A mild mental health condition with few clear symptoms that may become worse over time
How Hidden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Latent comes from the old Latin verb latere, which means 'to be hidden'. So something latent is present but not seen or active yet, like a hidden problem, a quiet talent, or a sleeping infection.