[phū yingyai] (n, exp) EN: big man ; powerful person ; person of consequence ; great man ; heroFR: personnage illustre [ m ] ; célébrité [ f ] ; sommité [ f ] ; personne éminente [ f ]
A nation need not necessarily be powerful to be great.
powerful
Germany then had a powerful army.
powerful
He defeated his powerful antagonists.
powerful
He has powerful arms.
powerful
He has powerful connections in the publishing.
powerful
He is powerful.
powerful
His powerful speech carried the audience with him.
powerful
In ancient Rome, the bodyguards who surrounded the wealthy and powerful to protect them when they walked the streets, were called satellites.
powerful
Indeed this car is small, but it is powerful.
powerful
It came in a handsome wooden box and contained a rack for test tubes, glass bottles of powerful powders, a little packet of sensitive paper (litmus, I think), a glass rod, the manual and suitably exciting poison labels.
(adj) having great power or force or potency or effect, Ant. powerless, Example:the most powerful government in western Europe; his powerful arms; a powerful bomb; the horse's powerful kick; powerful drugs; a powerful argument
(adv) in a powerful manner, Syn. strongly, Example:the federal government replaced the powerfully pro-settler Sir Godfrey Huggins with the even tougher and more determined ex-trade unionist
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
a. 1. Full of power; capable of producing great effects of any kind; potent; mighty; efficacious; intense; as, a powerful man or beast; a powerful engine; a powerful argument; a powerful light; a powerful vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]
The powerful grace that lies In herbs, plants, stones, and their true qualities. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Mining) Large; capacious; -- said of veins of ore. [ 1913 Webster ]