Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having great power, energy, or force: Used to describe something or someone that is very powerful, vigorous, or influential.
   • Of high capacity or output: In technical contexts, it can describe machines, engines, or systems designed to produce a large amount of power or work.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The company hired a high-power executive to lead the new division.
  • This high-power microscope can reveal details at the atomic level.
  • They used high-power amplifiers for the outdoor concert.

Advanced Usage

• "high-power" as an attributive adjective: Typically used directly before a noun to modify it, emphasizing its powerful nature.
  • The negotiation required a high-power approach.
  • The lab is equipped with high-power computing servers.

Variants and Related Words

• High-powered (adj): This is a more common variant with the same meanings: very energetic, forceful, or capable of great output.
  • She is a high-powered lawyer in the city.
  • A high-powered rifle.

Synonyms

• Potent: Having great power, influence, or effect.
• Forceful: Strong and assertive; vigorous and powerful.
• High-energy: Showing or involving great activity, vitality, or power.

Related Phrases

• High-power lens: (Optics) A lens with a short focal length that provides high magnification.
• High-power field: (Microscopy) A view under a microscope using the highest magnification objective lens.

Adjective

1. vigorously energetic or forceful
   • a high-octane sales manager
   • a high-octane marketing plan
   • high-powered executives
   • a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur