- high-powered adj
- [ˌhaɪ'paʊəd]
(engine) molto potente, ad alta potenza, (fig: person) di prestigio
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high-powered adj
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high-powered — adj [usually before noun] 1.) a high powered machine, vehicle, or piece of equipment is very powerful ▪ a high powered automobile 2.) very important or successful ▪ a high powered publisher … Dictionary of contemporary English
high-powered — [adj] powerful authoritarian, authoritative, commanding, controlling, dominant, dynamic, effective, effectual, forceful, forcible, in control, influential, in the saddle*, mighty, potent, robust, ruling, strong, supreme, weighty; concepts 489,527 … New thesaurus
high-powered — high′ pow′ered adj. 1) of a forceful and driving character; dynamic: high powered executives[/ex] 2) capable of a high degree of magnification: a high powered microscope[/ex] • Etymology: 1900–05 … From formal English to slang
high-powered — 1903, originally of automobiles, from HIGH (Cf. high) (adj.) + POWER (Cf. power) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
high-powered — adj. High powered is used with these nouns: ↑binoculars, ↑delegation, ↑executive, ↑job, ↑lawyer, ↑microscope, ↑rifle … Collocations dictionary
high-powered — [hī′pou′ərd] adj. very powerful … English World dictionary
high-powered — 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A high powered machine or piece of equipment is very powerful and efficient. ...high powered lasers. ...high powered binoculars. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Someone who is high powered or has a high powered job has a very… … English dictionary
high-powered — /huy pow euhrd/, adj. 1. extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high powered executives. 2. of a forceful and driving character: high powered selling techniques. 3. capable of a high degree of magnification: a high powered microscope. 4. very … Universalium
high-octane high-powered high-power high-voltage — dynamical dynamical adj. [Narrower terms: {can do}; {driving}; {energizing, energising, kinetic}; {forceful, slashing, vigorous}; {projectile}; {propellant, propellent, propelling, propulsive}; {renascent, resurgent}; {self propelled, self… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
high-powered — [ˌhaɪ ˈpaʊəd] adj 1) important and powerful a high powered job[/ex] 2) very powerful and effective a high powered rifle[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
high-powered — adj 1. energetic, dynamic, galvanic, electric; capable, effective, efficient, efficacious; enterprising, industrious, eager; vigorous, active, aggressive, attacking, go ahead, hustling, pushing, persistent. 2. driving, forceful, powerful, mighty … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
