transcription, транскрипция: [ paʊə(r)fʊl ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A powerful person or organization is able to control or influence people and events.
You’re a powerful man–people will listen to you.
...Russia and India, two large, powerful countries.
ADJ
see also all-powerful
2.
You say that someone’s body is powerful when it is physically strong.
Hans flexed his powerful muscles...
ADJ
• pow‧er‧ful‧ly
He is described as a strong, powerfully-built man of 60...
ADV : ADV with v
3.
A powerful machine or substance is effective because it is very strong.
...powerful computer systems...
Alcohol is also a powerful and fast-acting drug.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• pow‧er‧ful‧ly
Crack is a much cheaper, smokable form of cocaine which is powerfully addictive.
ADV : ADV adj
4.
A powerful smell is very strong.
There was a powerful smell of stale beer.
= strong
ADJ : usu ADJ n
• pow‧er‧ful‧ly
The railway station smelt powerfully of cats and drains.
ADV : ADV after v
5.
A powerful voice is loud and can be heard from a long way away.
At that moment Mrs. Jones’s powerful voice interrupted them, announcing a visitor.
= loud
ADJ
6.
You describe a piece of writing, speech, or work of art as powerful when it has a strong effect on people’s feelings or beliefs.
...Bleasdale’s powerful 11-part drama about a corrupt city leader.
ADJ
• pow‧er‧ful‧ly
It’s a play–painful, funny and powerfully acted.
ADV : ADV -ed , ADV after v