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English Dictionary: powerful |
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3 results for powerful |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- powerful
- adv
- (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"
Synonym(s): mighty, mightily, powerful, right
- adj
- 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"
Antonym(s): powerless
- strong enough to knock down or overwhelm; "a knock-down blow"
Synonym(s): knock-down(a), powerful
- having great influence
Synonym(s): potent, powerful
- (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms"
Synonym(s): brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy
- displaying superhuman strength or power; "herculean exertions"
Synonym(s): herculean, powerful
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Powerful \Pow"er*ful\, a.
1. 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.
The powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants,
stones, and their true qualities. --Shak.
2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore.
Syn: Mighty; strong; potent; forcible; efficacious;
energetic; intense. -- {Pow"er*ful*ly}, adv. --
{Pow"er*ful*ness}, n.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: |
PowerFuL
A language combining {functional programming} and
{logic programming}, using "angelic Powerdomains".
(1998-06-30)
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