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1high-powered — ˈhigh ˌpowered adjective 1. having a powerful and important job: • a high powered, Yale University educated lawyer 2. a high powered machine, vehicle, or piece of equipment is very powerful: • high powered computers with massive storage… …
2high-powered — high power high power high powered high poweredadj. 1. vigorously energetic or forceful. high powered executives Syn: high octane, high voltage. [WordNet 1.5] 2. capable of a high degree of magnification; used of optical instruments such as… …
3high-powered — high pow|ered [ haı pauərd ] adjective 1. ) important and powerful in a company or organization: high powered executives a high powered job/position 2. ) very powerful and effective: a high powered rifle 3. ) very exciting and full of energy: a… …
4high-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 …
5high-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 …
6high-powered — 1903, originally of automobiles, from HIGH (Cf. high) (adj.) + POWER (Cf. power) (v.) …
7high powered — index in full force Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
8high-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 …
9high-powered — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ (of a person) dynamic and forceful …
10high-powered — [hī′pou′ərd] adj. very powerful …
