Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having, or capable of exerting, power or influence.

    mächtig, kräftig, kraftvoll

    могу́щественныйmogúščestvennyj, могу́чийmogúčij, мо́щныйmóščnyj

    могу́тнійmohútnij, міцни́йmicnýj, поту́жнийpotúžnyj

    having great influence

  2. Leading to many or important deductions.

    a powerful set of postulates

    a powerful theorem

  3. Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.

  4. (not comparable)Being a powerful number.

Examples

484 sentences
  1. Tom has a very powerful voice.

    У Тома дуже потужний голос.

    ruУ Тома очень сильный голос.

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  2. He has powerful arms.

    У нього міцні руки.

    ruУ него сильные руки.

    deEr hat kräftige Arme.

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  3. He is powerful.

    Він впливовий.

    ruОн сильный.

    deEr ist mächtig.

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  4. Tom is powerful.

    Том потужний.

    deTom ist mächtig.

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  5. That flower has a powerful smell.

    ruУ этого цветка сильный запах.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence:
Русский
By meaning 1
having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having or capable of exerting power, potency or influence:

Origin

From Middle English pouerful, powarfull. By surface analysis, power + -ful.

From Middle English pouerful, powarfull. By surface analysis, power + -ful.

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Forms

more powerful, most powerful
Comparativemore powerful Lesson
Superlativemost powerful Lesson

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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