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almighty

omnipotent, as God; supreme, sovereign
Not to be confused with:
all mighty – all strong, powerful, enormous, etc.: The fighters were all mighty men.
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al·might·y

(ôl-mī′tē)
adj.
1. Having absolute power; all-powerful: almighty God.
2. Informal Great; extreme: an almighty din.
adv. Informal
Used as an intensive: almighty scared.
n. Almighty
God. Used with the.
[Middle English almighti, from Old English ealmihtig : eall, all; see all + mihtig, mighty (from miht, might; see might1).]
al·might′i·ly adv.
al·might′i·ness n.
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almighty

(ɔːlˈmaɪtɪ)
adj
1. all-powerful; omnipotent
2. informal (intensifier): an almighty row.
adv
informal (intensifier): an almighty loud bang.
alˈmightily adv
alˈmightiness n

Almighty

(ɔːlˈmaɪtɪ)
n
(Theology) the Almighty another name for God
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al•might•y

(ɔlˈmaɪ ti)

adj.
1. having unlimited power; omnipotent, as God.
2. having very great power, influence, etc.: the almighty press.
3. Informal. extreme; terrible: He's in an almighty fix.
adv.
4. Informal. extremely: It's almighty hot.
n.
5. the Almighty, God.
[before 900]
al•might′i•ness, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:almighty - terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God]Almighty - terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity, Sacred Trinity, Trinity - the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead
hypostasis of Christ, hypostasis - any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
Adj. 1. [画像:almighty - having unlimited power]almighty - having unlimited power
powerful - having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument"
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almighty

adjective
1. all-powerful, supreme, absolute, unlimited, invincible, omnipotent Let us now confess our sins to Almighty God.
all-powerful weak, helpless, powerless, impotent
2. (Informal) great, terrible, enormous, desperate, severe, intense, awful, loud, excessive I had the most almighty row with the waitress.
great poor, slight, tame, feeble, insignificant, paltry
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Translations
مُطْلَق السُّلْطَه
všemocnývšemohoucí
almægtig
ĉiopova
kaikkivaltiaskaikkivoipa
almáttugur
visagalis
visspēcīgsvisvarens
her şeye kadiryüce

almighty

[ɔːlˈmaɪtɪ]
A. ADJ
1. (= omnipotent) → todopoderoso
Almighty God; God Almighty → Dios Todopoderoso
the almighty dollar → el todopoderoso dólar
2. (= tremendous) → tremendo, de mil demonios
an almighty din → un ruido tremendo or de mil demonios
I foresee almighty problems → preveo unos enormes problemas
he's an almighty fool if he believes that! → ¡vaya tonto si cree eso!
B. N the Almighty → el Todopoderoso
C. ADV → terriblemente, la mar de
an almighty loud bang → un estallido terriblemente fuerte
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almighty

[ˌɔːlˈmaɪti]
adj
(= huge) [noise, bang, row] → de tous les diables
(= all-powerful) → tout-puissant(toute-puissante)
Almighty God → Dieu Tout-Puissant
n
the Almighty → le Tout-Puissant
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almighty

adj
god, person → allmächtig ; power → unumschränkt ; Almighty God (Eccl) God Almighty (Eccl) → der Allmächtige ; (address in prayer) → allmächtiger Gott ; God or Christ Almighty! (inf) → Allmächtiger! (inf), → allmächtiger Gott! (inf)
(inf) fool, idiot, row → mordsmäßig (inf); blow → mächtig (inf); there was an almighty bang and ... → es gab einen Mordsknall und ... (inf)
n the Almighty → der Allmächtige
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almighty

[ɔːlˈmaɪtɪ]
1. adj → onnipotente (fam) → enorme, colossale
2. n the Almighty → l'Onnipotente
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almighty

(oːlˈmaiti) adjective
having complete power; very great. almighty God. almagtig مُطْلَق السُّلْطَه всемогъщ todo poderoso všemocný allmächtig almægtig παντοδύναμος todopoderoso kõikvõimas قادر مطلق؛ عظیم kaikkivaltias tout-puissant כָּל יָכוֹל सर्वशक्तिमान svemoguć mindenható mahakuasa almáttugur onnipotente 全能の 전능한 visagalis visvarens; visspēcīgs maha almachtig allmektig wszechmocny ستر، مطلق توانا او قادر todo poderoso atotpu­ternic всемогущий všemocný vsemogočen svemoćan allsmäktig ซึ่งมีอํานาจไม่จํากัด yüce, her şeye kadir 萬能的 всемогутній قادر مطلق Toàn Năng 全能的
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Almighty

n. Dios; almighty;
a. todopoderoso-a, omnipotente.
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When God Almighty wills it, our secrets are found out.
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It is such persons who become inbued with the idea that they have the attributes of the Almighty--even that they themselves are the Almighty.
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"Sitting on wayside in grave meditation, trusting to be favoured with your Honour's applause of present step, which recommend your Honour to execute for Almighty God's sake.
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But to represent the Almighty as avenging the sins of the guilty on the innocent, was indecent, if not blasphemous, as it was to represent him acting against the first principles of natural justice, and against the original notions of right and wrong, which he himself had implanted in our minds; by which we were to judge not only in all matters which were not revealed, but even of the truth of revelation itself.
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Him the Almighty Power Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal Skie With hideous ruine and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire, Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.
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"I perceive its utter impossibility; and I consider it impious to attempt that which the Almighty evidently does not approve."
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When the Almighty himself condescends to address mankind in their own language, his meaning, luminous as it must be, is rendered dim and doubtful by the cloudy medium through which it is communicated.
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"There they are, down there every night at eight bells, praying for fair winds--when they know as well as I do that this is the only ship going east this time of the year, but there's a thousand coming west--what's a fair wind for us is a head wind to them--the Almighty's blowing a fair wind for a thousand vessels, and this tribe wants him to turn it clear around so as to accommodate one--and she a steamship at that!
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"And when God Almighty washes Daylight's soul out on the last big slucin' day," MacDonald interrupted, "why, God Almighty'll have to shovel gravel along with him into the sluice-boxes."
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He satisfied his conscience by the more comfortable method of expressing his repentance only to the Almighty. But he could not understand why he should have been so genuinely affected by the story he was making up.
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And if that's to be it, what has it pleased the Almighty to make families for?" Here Mrs.
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Our lots in life are apportioned by the Almighty according to our human deserts.
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