omnipotent

om·nip·o·tent

(ŏm-nĭp′ə-tənt)

adj.

Having unlimited or universal power, authority, or force; all-powerful.

1. One having unlimited power or authority: the bureaucratic omnipotents.

2. Omnipotent God. Used with the.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin omnipotēns, omnipotent- : omni-, omni- + potēns, present participle of posse, to be able; see poti- in Indo-European roots.]

om·nip′o·tence, om·nip′o·ten·cy n.

om·nip′o·tent·ly adv.

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omnipotent

(ɒmˈnɪpətənt)

adj

having very great or unlimited power

(Theology) the Omnipotent an epithet for God

[C14: via Old French from Latin omnipotens all-powerful, from omni- + potens, from posse to be able]

omˈnipotence n

omˈnipotently adv

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om•nip•o•tent

(ɒmˈnɪp ə tənt)

adj.

1. infinite in power, as God.

2. having very great or unlimited authority or power.

3. an omnipotent being.

4. the Omnipotent, God.

[1275–1325; Middle English < Latin omnipotent- (s. of omnipotēns); see omni-, potent¹]

om•nip′o•tent•ly, adv.

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Adj.

omnipotent - having unlimited power

all-powerful, almighty

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"

omnipotent

adjective almighty, supreme, invincible, all-powerful Doug lived in the shadow of his seemingly omnipotent father.
weak, vulnerable, inferior, incapable, powerless, frail, feeble, impotent

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Translations

قادِر عَلى كُل شَيء

všemohoucí

almægtig

allmächtig omnipotent

omnipotente

kaikkivaltiaskaikkivoipa

tout-puissant

almáttugur

onnipotente

kaip visagalisvisagalybė

visspēcīgsvisvarens

onipotente

всемогущий

omnipotent

herşeye gücü yetenkadir-i mutlak

全能的有无限权力的

omnipotent

[ɒmˈnɪpətənt] ADJ → omnipotente

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omnipotent

[ɒmˈnɪpətənt] adj (= all-powerful) [person] → omnipotent(e)

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omnipotent

adj → allmächtig, omnipotent

n The Omnipotent → der Allmächtige

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omnipotent

[ɒmˈnɪpət/ənt] adj → onnipotente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

omnipotent

(omˈnipətənt) adjective

having absolute, unlimited power. the omnipotent power of God.

omˈnipotently adverb

omˈnipotence noun

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