latent

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
  2. adjective (pathology) not presently active

Etymology

From Middle English latent, latente, from Old French latent, from Latin latēns, present participle of lateō (“lie hidden”).

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