powered

American

[pou-erd] / ˈpaʊ ərd /

adjective

(of a machine, vehicle, etc.) having a specified fuel or prime mover.

a gasoline-powered engine; an engine-powered pump.

Other Word Forms

Etymology

Origin of powered

First recorded in 1875–80; power + -ed ²

Example Sentences

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That flow is computer controlled from a weatherproof control box, powered by solar panels and a battery.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Apple’s Mac computer lineup was powered by Intel chips from 2005 to 2021.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

Robots and autonomous systems powered by large language models and agentic reasoning add the dimension that pure software agents cannot: operating in an unstructured, unpredictable, physical world, they note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

An index of the so-called Magnificent Seven tech giants, meanwhile, has powered 15% higher this quarter, taking its one year gain to around 27%.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

It was neither horse-drawn nor powered by a combustible engine.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

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