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Meaning of 'powerful' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Powerful [ a.]
- Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel.
- Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.

Meaning of 'powerful' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . powerful [ a]
Meaning (1):
- having great power or force or potency or effect
Example in sentence:
  • a powerful argument;
  • a powerful bomb;
  • his powerful arms;
  • powerful drugs;
  • the horse's powerful kick;
  • the most powerful government in western Europe
2 . powerful [ r]
Meaning (2):
- (Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree
Example in sentence:
  • he's mighty tired;
  • it is powerful humid;
  • that boy is powerful big now;
  • the baby is mighty cute;
  • they have a right nice place;
  • they rejoiced mightily
3 . powerful [ s]
Meaning (3):
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful
Example in sentence:
  • a hefty athlete;
  • a muscular boxer;
  • powerful arms
Meaning (4):
- strong enough to knock down or overwhelm
Example in sentence:
  • a knock-down blow
Meaning (5):
- displaying superhuman strength or power
Example in sentence:
  • herculean exertions

Nearby Words:

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  • Powerful Suppliers
    Suppliers can exert bargaining power on participants in an industry by raising prices or reducing the quality of purchased goods and services. Powerful suppliers, thereby, can squeeze profitability out of an industry unable to recover cost increase in its own prices.

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