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1【important】2【speech/film etc】3【feeling/effect】4【machine/weapon etc】5【physically strong】6【a lot of force】7【medicine】8【team/army etc】9【quality】
【IMPORTANT】a powerful person, organization, group etc is able to control and influence events and other people's actions
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powerless He was one of the most powerful men in Bohemia. a very influential and powerful family rich and powerful nations【SPEECH/FILM ETC】having a strong effect on someone's feelings or opinions
a powerful speechpowerful reasons/arguments(=reasons that make you think that something must be true)
Good teamwork is a powerful tool (=very effective method) for effective management.【FEELING/EFFECT】a powerful feeling or effect is very strong or great
Immigrants have had a powerful influence on the local culture. a powerful sense of tradition【MACHINE/WEAPON ETC】a powerful machine, engine, weapon etc is very effective and can do a lot
a new generation of more powerful PCs a machine that is immensely powerful a powerful 24 valve engine a powerful telescope【PHYSICALLY STRONG】physically strong
Jed was a powerful, well-built man. The females are smaller and less powerful than the males.【A LOT OF FORCE】a powerful blow, explosion etc has a lot of force
an explosion ten times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb a powerful right-foot shot on goal winds powerful enough to uproot trees【MEDICINE】a powerful medicine or drug has a very strong effect on your body
【TEAM/ARMY ETC】a powerful team, army etc is very strong and can easily defeat other teams or armies
a powerful fighting force【QUALITY】very strong, bright, loud etc
a powerful singing voice the powerful headlights>powerfullyadv Christie is very powerfully built.→
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