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Potential energy is energy done to place something somewhere, against a force (not any force, it must be a so-called "conservative force", but I am only mentioning this for completeness sake). Specifically, gravitational potential energy is the energy an object has when it is raised above ground level. You need to supply energy (as work) to lift it up; in theory, this energy can be recovered if the object falls down.

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