high-voltage
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Vigorously energetic or forceful: Used to describe a person, activity, or style that is extremely dynamic, intense, or powerful.
- Operating on or powered by a high voltage: Used to describe electrical equipment or systems that use a high electrical potential difference.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Energetic/Forceful):
- The company hired a high-voltage speaker to motivate the team.
- Her high-voltage performance captivated the entire audience.
- Adjective (Electrical):
- Only qualified technicians should work on high-voltage lines.
- The laboratory uses a high-voltage transformer for the experiment.
Advanced Usage
- "high-voltage personality": A person who is exceptionally charismatic, dynamic, and intense.
- The CEO's high-voltage personality is both inspiring and intimidating to the staff.
Variants and Related Words
- High-tension: Often used synonymously with the electrical meaning, describing wires or cables carrying high voltage.
- High-tension power lines cross the countryside.
- High-energy: Similar to the "energetic" meaning, but more general, not specifically implying forcefulness.
- The event was a high-energy celebration.
Synonyms
- Dynamic: (for the energetic meaning) Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.
- High-powered: Having great power or energy.
- Live: (for the electrical meaning) Carrying an electrical current, especially a dangerous one.
Related Phrases
- "Handle with care": A common warning associated with high-voltage electrical equipment, implying great danger.
- The high-voltage junction box was clearly marked "Handle with care".
Related Idioms
- "To bring the voltage": An informal idiom meaning to bring a high level of energy or intensity to a situation.
- We need a presenter who can really bring the voltage to our annual conference.
Adjective
- vigorously energetic or forceful
- a high-octane sales manager
- a high-octane marketing plan
- high-powered executives
- a high-voltage theatrical entrepreneur
- operating on or powered by a high voltage
- a high-voltage generator