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/ˈleɪ.tənt/
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L EY1 T AH0 N T
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Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: hidden, invisible
Antonyms: apparent, patent, visible, active
Remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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2008 July 2, Joe Palca, “Scientists Make Herpes Breakthrough”, abstract, All Things Considered, National Public Radio Those infected with a herpes virus are infected for life. That’s because the virus goes "latent." Sometimes, it awakes from its slumber, producing painful illnesses.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dormant, abeyant, at rest, cessant, dull, fallow, idle, inactive, inert, languid, latent, nonactive, passive, quiescent, silent, sedent, sedentary, slow, suspended, torpid, unactive, unbusy, unemployed, unoccupied
Antonyms: active
Lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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The residue left by a person's finger that can be made visible by a process such as powder dusting; a latent fingerprint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: forensics
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An underlying cause that can be inferred from statistical correlations; factor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
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Anything that is latent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
(pathology) not presently active
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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latent infection latent diabetes
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adjective satellite
Meaning 8
potentially existing but not presently evident or realized
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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a latent fingerprint latent talent
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From Middle English latent, latente, from Old French latent, from Latin latēns, present participle of lateō (“lie hidden”).
Across languages
Translations 41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
كَامِن
(kāmin)
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Arabic :
دَفِين
(dafīn)
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Bulgarian :
латентен
(latenten)
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Chinese Mandarin :
潛在 /潜在
(qiánzài)
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Czech :
latentní
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Danish :
latent
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Dutch :
latent
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Estonian :
latentne
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Estonian :
varjatud
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Finnish :
latentti
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Finnish :
piilevä
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
French :
latent
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Galician :
latente
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
German :
latent
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Greek :
λανθάνων
(lanthánon)
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Hebrew :
חבוי
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Hebrew :
רדום
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Hebrew :
לטנטי
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Hungarian :
látens
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Indonesian :
laten
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Italian :
latente
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Japanese :
潜在的
(senzaiteki)
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Māori :
torohū
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Norwegian Bokmål :
latent
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Persian :
نهفته
(nahofte)
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Polish :
ukryty
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Polish :
uśpiony
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Portuguese :
latente
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Russian :
скры́тый
(skrýtyj)
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Russian :
лате́нтный
(laténtnyj)
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Sanskrit :
सुप्त
(supta)
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Scottish Gaelic :
dìomhair
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Spanish :
latente
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Swedish :
latent
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Swedish :
fördröjning
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Turkish :
saklı
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Vietnamese :
ngầm
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Vietnamese :
ngấm ngần
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Vietnamese :
âm ỉ
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Vietnamese :
ẩn
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
Vietnamese :
tiềm tàng
— existing or present but concealed or inactive
