Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

powered

/paʊ.ɚd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables: pow-ered
IPA: /paʊ.ɚd/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having its own source of power, or a named source.

verb

simple past and past participle of power

Example Sentences

"Around the same time, TCRT experimented with removing the motors on one of its older cars, turning it into an unpowered trailer that could be towed behind a powered car."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /paʊ.ɚd/
British English: /paʊ.əd/

Derived Forms

manpowered micropowered multipowered nonpowered repowered superpowered underpowered

Phrases

accretion-powered pulsar accumulator-powered AC-powered AI-powered air-powered all-nuclear-powered Android One-powered animal-powered

Antonyms

non-powered nonpowered unpowered

Rhymes With

howard high-powered coward empowered showered devoured overpowered broward scoured flowered soured towered

Questions

How do you pronounce powered?: The recorded pronunciation is /paʊ.ɚd/.
What does powered mean?: Having its own source of power, or a named source.

How to pronounce powered

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