powerful

pow·er·ful

 (pou′ər-fəl)

adj.

1. Having or capable of exerting power.

2. Effective or potent: a powerful drug.

3. Chiefly Upper Southern US Great: "[Everybody had] a powerful lot to say about faith and good works and free grace ... and I don't know what all" (Mark Twain).

adv. Chiefly Upper Southern US

Very: It was powerful humid.

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pow′er·ful·ly adv.

pow′er·ful·ness n.

Our Living Language In the Upper Southern United States the words powerful and mighty are intensives used frequently in the same way as very: Your boy's grown powerful big. The new baby is mighty purty. Powerful is used as an adjective in some expressions: The storm did a powerful lot of harm. In the same dialect region the noun power has, in addition to its standard meaning, the sense of "a large number or amount." This sense appears in the Oxford English Dictionary as common in dialectal British English of the 1700s and 1800s: "It has done a power of work" (Charles Dickens). All these derivative senses of power and might take advantage of the notion of strength inherent in these nouns, making them natural intensives.

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powerful

(ˈpaʊəfʊl)

adj

1. having great power, force, potency, or effect

2. (Chemistry) extremely effective or efficient in action: a powerful drug; a powerful lens.

3. dialect large or great: a powerful amount of trouble.

adv

dialect extremely; very: he ran powerful fast.

ˈpowerfully adv

ˈpowerfulness n

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pow•er•ful

(ˈpaʊ ər fəl)

adj.

1. having or exerting great power or force.

2. physically strong, as a person.

3. potent; efficacious: a powerful drug.

4. having great power, authority, or influence; mighty.

5. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. great in number or amount: a powerful lot of money.

[1350–1400]

pow′er•ful•ly, adv.

pow′er•ful•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	powerful - having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument" effective, effectual, efficacious - producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law" potent, stiff, strong - having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink" strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man" powerless - lacking power
	2.	powerful - strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow" knock-down strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
	3.	powerful - having great influence potent influential - having or exercising influence or power; "an influential newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace"
	4.	powerful - (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms" brawny, hefty, sinewy, muscular strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"
	5.	powerful - displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean exertions" herculean superhuman - above or beyond the human or demanding more than human power or endurance; "superhuman beings"; "superhuman strength"; "soldiers driven mad by superhuman misery"
Adv.	1.	powerful - (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily" mighty, mightily, right intensifier, intensive - a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier"

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powerful

adjective

1. influential, dominant, controlling, commanding, supreme, prevailing, sovereign, authoritative, puissant You're a powerful woman - people will listen to you.
influential weak, ineffectual, powerless, impotent

2. strong, strapping, mighty, robust, vigorous, potent, energetic, sturdy, stalwart a big, powerful man
strong weak, feeble, frail, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, effete, fragile, infirm, puny, sickly, unsteady, wasted, weakly, shaky

3. effective, hard, strong a powerful and fast-acting drug
effective weak, ineffective, inefficacious, useless

4. intoxicating, strong, heady tiny flowers with a powerful scent

5. loud, booming, resounding, sonorous, stentorian He had a deep, powerful voice.
loud weak faint, feeble, quiet, soft, low, shaky, languid, unsteady, muffled, small

6. persuasive, convincing, effective, telling, moving, striking, storming, dramatic, impressive, compelling, authoritative, forceful, weighty, forcible, cogent, effectual a powerful drama about a corrupt city leader

7. intense, strong, burning, keen, violent, acute, overwhelming, consuming, fierce, passionate, irresistible, overpowering, ardent, fervent, fervid in the grip of a powerful emotion

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powerful

adjective

1. Having great physical strength:

mighty, potent, puissant, strong.

2. Conveying great physical force:

hard, heavy, hefty, severe.

3. Having or able to exert great power:

mighty, potent, puissant.

4. Full of or displaying force:

dynamic, dynamical, effective, forceful, forcible, hard-hitting, strong, vigorous.

5. Having or exercising influence:

consequential, important, influential, weighty.

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Translations

قَوي، ذو سُلْطَه أو تأثيرقَوِيّ

vlivnývýkonný

magtfuld

mächtigstark

ισχυρός

poderosopotenteconvincentefuerte

voimakas

puissant

moćan

öflugur

potentevalidopoderosopossente

強力な

강력한

machtig

mektigvektig

potężny

poderoso

могущественный

močan

mäktig

ที่มีอิทธิพล

güçlü

nhiều quyền lực

强大的强有力的

powerful

[ˈpaʊəfʊl] ADJ

1. (= influential, controlling) [person, government, force, influence] → poderoso
see also all-powerful

2. (= physically strong) [person] → fuerte, fornido; [animal, physique, arms, muscles] → fuerte

3. (= having great force or power) [engine, magnet, computer, explosive] → potente; [kick, explosion, smell] → fuerte; [voice] → potente, fuerte; [swimmer] → resistente

4. (= having a strong effect) [drug] → potente; [emotion] → intenso, profundo; [argument] → poderoso, convincente; [performance, film, novel] → impactante, que deja huella; [speech] → conmovedor
he gave a powerful performance → su actuación fue impactante or de las que deja huella
we have powerful evidence for this → tenemos pruebas contundentes de esto
this information is a powerful weapon against the government → esta información es un arma potente contra el gobierno

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powerful

[ˈpaʊə^rf^ʊl] adj

(= influential) [person, country, group] → puissant(e)
Hong Kong's powerful business community → la puissante communauté d'affaires de Hong-Kong

(= strong) [person, muscles, body] → puissant(e); [dog, horse] → puissant(e)
She was a very powerful swimmer → C'était une nageuse très puissante.

(= very efficient or effective) [machine, car, drug, detergent] → puissant(e); [blow, kick] → puissant(e)

[scent, smell] → puissant(e)

[voice] → puissant(e)

[argument, evidence] → puissant(e)

[drama, opera, performance] → puissant(e)

[emotions, feeling] → puissant(e)

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powerful

adj

(= influential) government, person → mächtig, einflussreich

(= strong) boxer, engine, drug, emotions, computer, evidence, influence, message → stark; swimmer → kraftvoll, stark; build, arm, kick, light → kräftig; stroke, punch, detergent → kraftvoll; bomb → stark, zerstörerisch, von großer Durchschlagskraft; earthquake, storm → stark, massiv; smell → massiv, überwältigend; voice → kräftig, kraftvoll

(fig) speaker, actor → mitreißend; music, film, performance → ausdrucksvoll, mitreißend; argument → durchschlagend, massiv (inf); salesman → überzeugend

a powerful lot of (dial) → ganz schön viel (inf), → gehörig viel (inf)

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powerful

[ˈpaʊəfʊl] adj (gen) → potente, forte; (person, physically) → possente; (film, actor, speech) → formidabile

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power

(ˈpauə) noun

1. (an) ability. A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk. krag قُدْرَه способност poder moc, schopnost die Kraft kraft; evne ικανότηταpoder; facultad, capacidad, habilidad võime توانایی kyky pouvoir, facultéיכולת सामर्थ्य moć képesség kemampuan kraftur, afl, eiginleiki potere, capacità 能力 능력 galia, gebėjimas spēja kuasa vermogenevnezdolność توان poder putere, facultate способность; сила moc; schopnosť; kompetencia sposobnost moć makt, kraft[er], förmåga ความสามารถ güç, yetenek 能力 сила صلاحيت khả năng 能力

2. strength, force or energy. muscle power; water-power; (also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand). krag قُوَّه сила energia síla; mechanický die Kraft; mit Elektrizität betrieben kraft; -kraft; -drevet ισχύς, ενέργειαenergía, fuerza jõud نیرو voima puissanceכוח शक्ति, ताकत snaga, jakost energia, erő tenaga afl potere 力 힘 jėga, elektra spēks; enerģija tenaga krachtstyrke, kraft, energisiła زور energia pu­tere, energie (electrică) сила; энергия sila; mechanický moč snaga styrka, kraft; el-, maskin- พลัง güç, kuvvet 力，動力 потужність, енергія قوت، طاقت sức mạnh 力，动力

3. authority or control. political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last mag سُلْطَه власт poder moc die Macht magt δύναμη, ισχύς, εξουσίαpoder võim قدرت valta pouvoirהשפעה प्रभाव vlast villamos, villany- kekuasaan vald potere 支配(力) 권력 valdžia vara kuasa machtmakt, myndighetwładza قدرت poder putere власть moc oblast vlast makt, [ha ngn i sitt] våld อำนาจ iktidar, yönetim 權力範圍 могутність, влада قبضہ، اختيار quyền lực 权力范围

4. a right belonging to eg a person in authority. The police have the power of arrest. magtiging حَق، صَلاحِيَّه، سُلْطَه право poder pravomoc die Befugnis ret εξουσίαpoder; autoridad voli اختیار oikeus pouvoirסמכות अधिकार ovlasti hatalom kekuasaan vald potere 権力 권리 įgaliojimas tiesības kuasa recht, bevoegdheidmyndighetupoważnienie واك poder drept; putere право právomoc pooblastilo pravo befogenhet อำนาจ yetki 權限 влада; повноваження حق quyền hạn 权限

5. a person with great authority or influence. He is quite a power in the town. gesag صاحِب قُوَّه، رَجُل ذو تأثير сила força vlivná osobnost einflußreiche Persönlichkeit magtfuld person ισχυρό πρόσωπο persona poderosa/influyente, pez gordo autoriteet آدم مقتدر vallanpitäjä personne influente סמכות अधिकार utjecaj hatalom orang berkuasa valda-/áhrifamikill maður autorità 権力者 권력자 įtakingas asmuo autoritāte; ietekmīgs cilvēks berkuasa invloedrijk persoon maktfaktor wpływowa osobistość مشر سړى، مقتدر سړى، بانفوذ سړى força persoană influ­entă авторитет vplyvná osobnosť velika živina autoritet maktfaktor ผู้มีอิทธิพล yetki sahibi kişi 有權力的人/機構 вплив زوردار، اثردار thế lực 有权力的人或机构

6. a strong and influential country. the Western powers. mag قُوَّه كبرى، دَوْلَه عُظْمى силна държава potência mocnost die Macht magt δύναμηpotencia suurriik کشور نیرومند voimatekijä puissanceמעצמה शक्तिशाली देश velesila tekintély negara yang berpengaruh kuat veldi potenza 強国 열강 galinga valstybė lielvalsts, lielvara kuasa mogendheidmaktmocarstwo قوى مملكت potência putere держава mocnosť sila sila stormakt ประเทศมหาอำนาจ güçlü ülke/devlet 強國(大國) держава مضبوط ملک cường quốc 强国（大国）

7. the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times. 2  2  2 or 2³ is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3. mag قُوَّة ، نَتيجَة ضَرب الرَّقم في نَفْسِه عَددا من المَرّات степен potência mocnina die Potenz potens δύναμηpotencia aste توان potenssi puissance הַעֲלָאָה בְּחֶזקָה potencijal hatalom pangkat veldi potenza ～乗 세제곱 laipsnis pakāpe kuasa machtpotenspotęga توان potência putere степень mocnina potenca kvadrat potens เลขยกกำลัง üs, kuvvet (數學)冪，次方 степінь حاصل ضرب luỹ thừa （乘）幂，乘方

ˈpowered adjective

supplied with mechanical power. The machine is powered by electricity; an electrically-powered machine. aangedrewe يُشَغِّلُ بالطّاقَه . с ... мощност movido por poháněný angetrieben drevet; -drevet κινούμενος (με), -κίνητος (ως β΄ συνθ.) accionado, movido por -jõuga ...دارای نیروی moottorikäyttöinen actionné מוּפעָל בְּכּוֹחַ- ऊर्जावान električni pogon (meg)hajtású bertenaga -drifinn, –knúinn azionato ～の動力で動く (~으로) 작동 하는 varomas darbināms; darbināts berkuasa aangedreven-drevet, med drivkraft napędzany د ميخانيكى قوا لرونكى movido por acţionat (mecanic, electric etc.) механизированный poháňaný ki ga žene (...) u strujnom pogonu driven, utrustad med ที่ขับเคลื่อนโดยเครื่องยนต์ mekaniki güç sağlanmış 有動力裝置的 такий, що з механічним приводом کے ذريعہ چلنا được trang bị bằng máy 有动力装置的

ˈpowerful adjective

having great strength, influence etc. a powerful engine; He's powerful in local politics. kragtig, magtig قَوي، ذو سُلْطَه أو تأثير силен poderoso výkonný; vlivný mächtig magtfuld ισχυρόςpotente; poderoso võimas, mõjukas نیرومند tehokas puissantחזק, בעל השפעה शक्तिशाली moćan, silan erős kuat öflugur potente 強力な 영향력 있는 galingas, įtakingas, stiprus spēcīgs; varens; ietekmīgs sangat kuat krachtig, machtigkraftig; mektig; vektigpotężny, o dużej mocy غښتلى، قوى poderoso puternic мощный; могущественный výkonný; vplyvný močan moćan stark, kraftig, mäktig ที่มีอิทธิพล güçlü 強有力的 могутній, сильний طاقت ور hùng mạnh 强有力的

ˈpowerfully adverb

magtig بِقُوَّه силно poderosamente mocně mächtig magtfuldt ισχυρά potentemente; poderosamente võimsalt با قدرت tehokkaasti puissamment בְּעוֹצמָה अधिक शक्तिशाली ढंग से moćan erő(telje)sen dengan kuat á öflugan hátt potentemente 力強く 강력하게 galingai, stipriai spēcīgi; vareni dgn sangat kuat krachtigkraftig, mektig potężnie با قدرته poderosamente puternic; cu putere сильно mocne močno moćno starkt, kraftigt, mäktigt อย่างมีอิทธิพล güçle 有力地 сильно طاقت سے có sức mạnh lớn 有力地

ˈpowerfulness noun

magtigheid نُفوذ، قُوَّه сила força moc, síla die Macht magtfuldhed ισχύς, δύναμηpotencia; poder võimsus توانمندی tehokkuus puissance עוֹצמָה शक्तिहीनता moćnost, moć erőteljesség kekuatan afl, kraftur potenza 強力さ 강력함 galingumas, stiprumas spēcīgums; varenība kekuatan kracht, machtkraftighet, mektighetpotęga توان força putere мощь; могущество moc, sila moč moćnost styrka, kraft, mäktighet ความมีอำนาจ güç 有力(量) міць طاقت sức mạnh 有力（量）

ˈpowerless adjective

having no power. The king was powerless to prevent the execution. magteloos عاجِز، بدون قُوَّه безсилен impotente bezmocný machtlos magtesløs ανίσχυροςimpotente; sin autoridad võimetu ضعیف voimaton impuissant חֲסַר כּוֹח शक्तिहीन, कमजोर nemoćan, slab erőtlen tak berdaya kraftlaus senza potere, impotente 無力な 힘 없는 bejėgis nespēcīgs; nevarīgs tdk berupaya machtelooskraftløs, maktesløs, avmektigbezsilny ضعيف impotente neputincios бессильный bezmocný nemočen nemoćan kraftlös, maktlös, vanmäktig ไม่มีอำนาจ güçsüz 無力的，無權的 безсилий بے بس không có quyền hành 无力的，无权的

ˈpowerlessness noun

magteloosheid عَجْز، إنْعِدام القُوَّه безсилие impotência bezmocnost die Machtlosigkeit magtesløshed αδυναμίαimpotencia; falta de autoridad võimetus ناتوانی voimattomuus impuissance בְּחוֹסֶר כּוֹח कमजोरी, शक्तिहीनता nemoć tehetetlenség ketakberdayaan kraftleysi impotenza 無力 힘 없음 bejėgiškumas nespēks; nevarīgums tdk berupayanya machteloosheidkraftløshet, avmektighet bezsilność ناتوانى impotência neputinţă бессилие bezmocnosť nemoč nemoćnost kraftlöshet, maktlöshet, vanmäktighet ความไม่มีอำนาจ güçsüzlük 無力(量) безсилля بے بسي tình trạng không quyền hành 无力（量）

power cut/failure

a break in the electricity supply. We had a power cut last night. kragonderbreking إنْقِطاع التيّار الكهربائي токов удар corte de energia výpadek der Stromausfall strømafbrydelse διακοπή ρεύματος corte de corriente, apagón, corte del suministro eléctrico elektrikatkestus قطع؛ خرابی sähkökatkos panne de courant הַפְסָקָת חַשמַל बिजली कटौती redukcija(nestanak) struje áramhiány mati lampu rafmagnsleysi/-bilun interruzione di corrente 停電 정전 elektros nutrūkimas pārtraukums elektroenerģijas piegādē bekalan elektrik terganggu stroomonderbreking strømbrudd/-utkopling wyłączenie prądu, awaria elektryczna پرى، خرابى لكه د بريښنا پرچوى corte de energia pană de curent отключение электроэнергии výpadok izpad toka nestanak struje strömavbrott ตัดไฟ elektrik kesilmesi 斷電 вимикання електроенергії بجلي کي عدم فراہمي mất điện 断电

ˌpower-ˈdriven adjective

worked by electricity or other mechanical means, not by hand. elektries aangedrewe مُشَغَّل بالطّاقَة الكَهْريائِيَّه с механично задвижване movido mecanicamente mechanický Kraft-... -drevet μηχανοκίνητος a motor, mecánico mootor- غیر دستی sähkökäyttöinen, moottorikäyttöinen à moteur מוּנָע בְּכּוֹחַ- बिजली या यांत्रिक रूप से चलने वाला motoriziranost motoros, géperejű; villamos hajtású bertenaga listrik véldrifinn/-knúinn a motore 動力で動く 동력으로 움직이는 elektra ir pan. varomas ar piedziņu; piedziņas- berkuasa elektrik elektrisch, machinaal aangedreven motordrevetmechaniczny هغه شى چې په ميخانيكى يا بريښنا په واسطه كار كوې او نه د لاس په زور movido mecanicamente cu motor механизированный mechanický na električni pogon električni maskin-, motor-, eldriven ซึ่งขับเคลื่อนโดยเครื่องยนต์ elektrik/mekanik güçle çalışan 動力傳動的 механічний; автоматичний پاور سے چلنے والا điều khiển bằng điện 动力传动的

power point

a socket on a wall etc into which an electric plug can be fitted. kragpunt نُقْطَة القابِس الكَهْرُبائي контакт tomada zdířka die Steckdose stikkontakt ρευματοδότης, μπρίζα toma de corriente pistikupesa پریز pistorasia prise de courant נְקוּדַת מֶתָח बिजली प्वाइंट utičnica fali csatlakozó(aljzat) soket listrik rafmagnsinnstunga presa コンセント 콘센트 kištukinis lizdas kontaktligzda, rozete mata kuasa stopcontactstrømuttak, stikkontaktgniazdko د ديوار پر مخ ساكټ tomada штепсельная розетка zástrčka vtičnica utičnica el-, vägguttag ปลั๊กไฟ priz 電源插座 електроввід ديوار کا ساکٹ جس ميں پلگ لگايا جاسکتا ہے ổ cắm điện 电源插座

power station

a building where electricity is produced. kragstasie مَحَطَّة طاقَه كَهْرُبائِيَّه електроцентрала central elétrica elektrárna das Elektrizitätswerk elværk; kraftværk ηλεκτρικός σταθμός central eléctrica jõujaam نیروگاه برق voimala centrale électrique תַּחֲנַת כּוֹחַ विद्युत उत्पादन गृह, बिजली घर elektrana erőmű pembangkit listrik orkustöð/-ver centrale elettrica 発電所 발전소 elektrinė, jėgainė spēkstacija stesen jana kuasa elektrische centrale kraftstasjonelektrownia د بريښنا د توليد بند يا فابريكه central eléctrica centrală electrică электростанция elektráreň elektrarna elektrana elverk, kraftstation โรงงานผลิตไฟฟ้า elektrik santralı 發電站 електростанція بجلي گھر nhà máy điện 发电站

be in power

(of a political party) to be the governing party. die hef hê, in beheer wees يَكون في السُّلْطَه на власт съм estar no poder být u moci an der Macht sein have regeringsmagt κυβερνώ, είμαι στην εξουσία estar en el poder võimul olema بر مصدر قدرت hallitseva être au pouvoir לִהיוֹת בַּשִלטוֹן सत्ता में होना biti u vladajućoj grupi, struktura vlasti uralmon van memerintah vera við völd essere al potere 政権についている 여당 būti valdžioje būt pie varas/valdošais parti pemerintah aan de macht zijn være i maktposisjon; styre być u władzy په قدرت كښې اوسيدل estar no poder a fi la putere быть у власти byť pri moci biti na oblasti biti na vlasti vara (sitta) vid makten อยู่ในคณะรัฐบาล iktidarda olmak 執政 бути при владі حکومت ميں ہونا، حکمراں ہونا nắm quyền 执政

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powerful

→ قَوِيّ vlivný magtfuld mächtig ισχυρός poderoso voimakas puissant moćan potente 強力な 강력한 machtig mektig potężny poderoso могущественный mäktig ที่มีอิทธิพล güçlü nhiều quyền lực 强大的

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powerful

adj (medication, etc.) potente, fuerte

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