powerfuladjective
uk/ˈpaʊə.fəl/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.fəl/powerful adjective (CONTROL)
B1 having a lot of power to control people and events:
The president is more powerful than the prime minister.
She's the most powerful person in the organization.
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- The president is so powerful that he is able to dictate to the government.
- He was a powerful force in British politics during the war years.
- I get the impression that Sheila is the powerful one in that relationship, not her husband!
- Today's teachers are not the powerful authority figures they once were.
- Are multinational companies now more powerful than governments?
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Physically strong and powerful
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- almighty
- billy-o
- brute
- burly
- elemental
- high-octane
- industrial-strength
- invincible
- invulnerable
- lusty
- muscle-flexing
- omnipotent
- reckon
- stout
- stoutly
- superhuman
- to be reckoned with idiom
- tough
- toughie
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powerful adjective (STRENGTH)
B1 having a lot of strength or force:
She's an extremely powerful runner.
The picture quality is bad because the TV signal isn't powerful enough.
B2 having a very great effect:
a powerful drug
Her speech about cruelty to children was very powerful.
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Physically strong and powerful
- (as) tough as old boots idiom
- almighty
- billy-o
- brute
- burly
- elemental
- high-octane
- industrial-strength
- invincible
- invulnerable
- lusty
- muscle-flexing
- omnipotent
- reckon
- stout
- stoutly
- superhuman
- to be reckoned with idiom
- tough
- toughie
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Having a powerful effect
powerful adjective (IMAGE SIZE)
having the power to increase the size of an image of something that is very small or far away many times:
You'd need an extremely powerful microscope to see something so small.
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Physics: optics, microscopy & lasers
- binoculars
- chromatic aberration
- converging lens
- diffuse reflection
- electron microscope
- field glasses
- focus
- laser
- laser-guided
- magnification
- magnifier
- magnify
- magnifying glass
- microscopy
- opera glasses
- power
- reflective
- resolution
- slide
- transparency
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powerfully
adverb uk/ˈpaʊə.fəl.i/us/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.fəl.i/
B2
He argued powerfully and persuasively against capital punishment.
She kicked the ball so powerfully that it flew over the hedge.
Klaus is a very powerfully built man (= has a body with large strong muscles).