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Grammar : Adj
Spell : leyt-nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈleɪt nt



Definition of latent

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "concealed, secret," from Latin latentem (nominative latens) "lying hid, secret, unknown," present participle of latere "to lie hidden," from PIE *laidh-, from root *la- "to be hidden" (cf. Greek lethe "forgetfulness, oblivion," Old Church Slavonic lajati "to lie in wait for"). Meaning "dormant" is from 1680s.
  • adj dormant, hidden
Example sentences :
  • I refer, of course, to man's mastery over the latent forces of Nature.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • Few could imagine from his modest exterior the latent, fire and energy which burn in his bosom.
  • Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh
  • It is the latent motherhood within her that has been denied its own.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • "No," said the other, still with that latent touch of sarcasm in her voice.
  • Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown
  • She is going strong, and has developed all sorts of latent talent as a cook.
  • Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
  • All the latent superstition that dwells in the contadino was stirred as dust by a wind.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • They were latent in all the thinking of the revolutionary period.
  • Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
  • And yet, the latent political power of business is enormous.
  • Extract from : « High Finance » by Otto H. Kahn
  • The stock is the same, and the latent capabilities are all there.
  • Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous
  • A latent chivalry held him which no depths of drunkenness could drown.
  • Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum

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