High-powered

Definitions: High-powered

High-powered

Adjective

1. Vigorously energetic or forceful; "a high-octane sales manager"; "a high-octane marketing plan"; "high-powered executives"; "a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur".

2. (used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification; "a high-powered microscope".

Date "high-powered" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1955. (references)

Synonyms: High-powered

Synonyms: high-energy (adj), high-octane (adj), high-power (adj), high-voltage (adj). (additional references)

Synonyms by domain: base money (finance), high powered money, high-power transmitter (post & telecom, transportation), high-powered fast-working furnace (electrical engineering, metallurgy), high-powered laser (physics), high-powered money (finance), high-powered transmitter (post & telecom, transportation), Mobile High powered operational plant (nuclear energy & physics), UHP furnace (electrical engineering, metallurgy).

Crosswords: High-powered

English words defined with "high-powered": sport car, sports car. (references)

Specialty definitions using "high-powered": computed tomography colography ♦ Don't do that then! ♦ high-powered transmitter ♦ main-line locomotive ♦ sonic drilling ♦ virtual colonoscopy. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	The lights, the motors, the vehicles, all run by a high-powered gas called methane. (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome; writing credit: Terry Hayes; George Miller)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Designing High-Powered Os/2 Warp Applications: The Anatomy of Multithreaded Programs (reference) Guide to Careers in Federal Law Enforcement : Profiles of 225 High-Powered Positions & Sure-Fire Tactics for Getting Hired (reference) High-Powered Plyometrics (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption
	Spraying car with high-powered watering hose.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.	Thinking doesn't seem to help very much. The human brain is too high-powered to have many practical uses in this particular universe.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In this widely used technique, the surgeon looks through a high-powered microscope to get a magnified view of the operating area. This makes it easier to see � and remove � tumor tissue while sparing surrounding healthy tissue. (references)
Economic History	Nigeria	The attendance of high-powered Nigerian teams at trade events such as "The International Builders' Show" and "International Hardware Industry Week" has established new trade links with U.S. companies in the construction industry. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"High-powered" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "High-powered" is used about 145 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	145	26,217

Language		Translations for "high-powered"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Czech		vysocevýkonný, energický (assertive, brisk, decisive, decisively, energetic, enterprising, firm, forceful, forcefully, go ahead, perky, red blooded, strenuous, strong, vigorous, vital), dynamický (dynamic). (various references)

Danish		dynamiske penge (high-powered money). (various references)

Dutch		HP-oven (high-powered fast-working furnace, UHP furnace), Ultra High Power-oven (high-powered fast-working furnace, UHP furnace), UHP-oven (high-powered fast-working furnace, UHP furnace), elektro-oven met hoog vermogen (high-powered fast-working furnace, UHP furnace). (various references)

Finnish		suurtehovalokaariuuni (high-powered fast-working furnace, UHP furnace). (various references)

French		monnaie � haute puissance (high-powered money), monnaie � grande puissance (high-powered money), laser multikilowatts (high-powered laser), four UHP (high-powered fast-working furnace), four � haute puissance (high-powered fast-working furnace), four � arcs � haute puissance (high-powered fast-working furnace), émetteur de grande puissance (high-power transmitter, high-powered transmitter), émetteur � haute puissance (high-power transmitter, high-powered transmitter). (various references)

German		hochleistungs-, vollblut- (thoroughbred), starkmotorisch, stark (a lot, able, bad, badly, bright, brightly, broad, considerable, forceful, great, greatly, grossly, hard, hearty, heavily, heavy, intense, keen, keenly, large, loud, marked, mighty, potent, potently, powerful, profound, profuse, profusely, racily, racy, really well, robust, severe, severely, stiff, stout, strong, strongly, substantial, thick, tough, vehement, very, vigorous, violent, virulent, vivid, wild), spitzen- (lace, lacy, leading, tip top, top), sehr anspruchsvoll, potent (potent, potently, powerful). (various references)

Greek		κάμινος βολταïκού τόξου υψηλής ισχύος (high-powered fast-working furnace, UHP furnace), νομισματική βάση (high-powered money, monetary base, reserve money), χρήμα μεγάλης ισχύος (high-powered money). (various references)

Italian		laser ad alta potenza (high-powered laser). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ハイジャック防止法 (anti-highjack law, Haydn, HDTV, Heidelberg, heights, hibiscus, hiding, hi-fi, high heels, high jump, high pitch, high school, high society, high tempo, high touch, highheeled shoes, high-necked, high-power, high-speed, high-speed steel, high-tech, high-technology, Hi-Vision, Hyde Park, hydroculture, hydroplane, hydroplaning, hydroponics, hygenic cream, hyper, hypermarket, knee socks, late teens, refined taste, sensible). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ハイパワー (high-power). (various references)

Manx		mooar-chummaghtagh (heavy-duty). (various references)

Pig Latin		igh-poweredhay

Portuguese		forno UHP (high-powered fast-working furnace, UHP furnace), forno a arco de alta potência (high-powered fast-working furnace, UHP furnace), arma de grosso calibre (high-powered rifle). (various references)

Russian		мощный (fast track, fast-track, forceful, mighty, powerful). (various references)

Spanish		horno uhp (high-powered fast-working furnace, UHP furnace), horno de arco de alta potencia (high-powered fast-working furnace, UHP furnace), láser de alta potencia (high-powered laser), dinero de gran potencia (high-powered money), dinero de alta potencia (high-powered money), cuerda de energía alta (high-powered rifle). (various references)

Swedish		kraftig (big, bouncing, crash, forcible, Hale, hard, hearty, heavy, hefty, intense, lusty, meaty, potent, powerful, rich, robust, robustious, round, sinewy, spanking, stalwart, stiff, stout, strong, sturdy, thick-set, vigorous, violent, virtuous), energisk (cracking, dashing, energetic, stirring, vigorous). (various references)

Ukranian		впливовий (authoritative, grave, influential, momentous), потужний (bold, forceful, heavy, potential). (various references)

Vietnamese		chức trọng quyền cao rất mạnh, có công suất lớn. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-h-h-i-o-p-r-w"
	-3 letters: hedgehop, hedgerow.
	-4 letters: hedgier, hogweed, pigweed, podgier, powered, reweigh, wedgier, weighed, weigher.
	-5 letters: dewier, dopier, dreigh, driegh, edgier, ephori, gopher, griped, groped, hedger, heired, higher, howdie, oreide, perdie, period, powder, wedgie, weirdo, whored.
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