Syn: high-octane, high-voltage.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. capable of a high degree of magnification; -- used of optical instruments such as microscopes or telescopes. a high-powered microscope [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
high-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… … Financial and business terms
high-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… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
high-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 … Dictionary of contemporary English
high-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 … From formal English to slang
high-powered — 1903, originally of automobiles, from HIGH (Cf. high) (adj.) + POWER (Cf. power) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
high powered — index in full force Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
high-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 … New thesaurus
high-powered — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ (of a person) dynamic and forceful … English terms dictionary
high-powered — [hī′pou′ərd] adj. very powerful … English World dictionary
high-powered — 1) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A high powered machine or piece of equipment is very powerful and efficient. ...high powered lasers. ...high powered binoculars. 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Someone who is high powered or has a high powered job has a very… … English dictionary
