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# powerful

adjective (powerful, more powerful, most powerful)

«powerful» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Very strong; having a lot of strength or force. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/#m1)
2. Having great control or influence over people: a powerful king. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/#m2)
3. Having a strong effect: a powerful medicine, a powerful speech. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/#m3)
4. (of machines) Able to do a lot of work: a powerful engine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, powerful magnets, engines and storms. In history and stories, powerful rulers and wizards. In writing lessons, a powerful sentence moves the reader. Phrases: powerful enough, a powerful voice.

### Examples

- The lion has powerful jaws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/#x1)
- The king was the most powerful man in the land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/#x2)
- That was a powerful speech; some people cried. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/#x3)
- A powerful storm knocked down trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/#x4)
- This magnet is more powerful than that one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/#x5)
- The wizard cast a powerful spell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/#x6)
- "That was a powerful speech," thought the little Toad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/#x7)

### Note

Comparative: more powerful, most powerful. Adverb: powerfully. Opposite: weak, powerless. Noun: power. In maths and physics, «power» also means the rate of doing work, and 2 to the power 3 means 2 × 2 × 2.

## In Jewish tradition

"The voice of the LORD is powerful" praises God's voice that shakes the world, in the psalm about a thunderstorm.

**Interpretation.** This psalm is sung on Shabbat. Tradition says God's voice at Sinai was heard with great power.

### Examples

- The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. (Writings PSA.29.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/powerful/#x1)

### Note

Comparative: more powerful, most powerful. Adverb: powerfully. Opposite: weak, powerless. Noun: power. In maths and physics, «power» also means the rate of doing work, and 2 to the power 3 means 2 × 2 × 2.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «powerful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powerful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «powerful» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/powerful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«powerful» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/powerful.html) on Mova free.