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harnessed

harnessed

2 4.6
Put under control and used to make energy
  • adjective
  • /ˈhɑrnɪst/
: aprovechado
  • The river's flow was harnessed to create energy for the entire community.

So imagination isn't always a a good thing, but properly driven, properly harnessed, it can be.

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Examples

  • The solar panels harnessed sunlight to generate electricity.

  • And CVS has harnessed the power of technology to create an in app reader for prescriptions called Spoken RX.

  • And so that's a powerful thing that can be harnessed as well.

  • How many great researchers and minds have been harnessed by this outcome of that spark, right?

  • In fact, when harnessed properly, your ambition should inspire and help so many.

  • The United States has traditionally recognized and harnessed technological change to advance American, American opportunity.

  • No, it was technology harnessed by people that that are participating in the democratic venture that caused this whole thing to happen.

    Julian Dorey

  • And our data allows us to conclude that this is an ability, it's real and it could it can be harnessed and honed and used.

  • So imagination isn't always a a good thing, but properly driven, properly harnessed, it can be.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • Could you tell me a little bit about the regulatory mechanisms that FDR harnessed to really dominate radio?

Synonyms

used
vsharnessed
135 1.0

Showing signs of wear from being handled a lot

involves deliberately controlling natural power to serve practical ends
exploited
vsharnessed
1 3.6

Used fully to get the most benefit

is about bringing natural forces under control for practical use

Antonyms

wasted
145 4.2

Not producing any useful result

uncontrolled
31 3.9

Not kept within limits, like a fire or a strong feeling

Compounds

harnessed antelope
  • South African
9.9

A large African animal like a deer with white stripes on its back

How Controlled

harnessed
2 4.6
directed
22 3.9
uncontrolled
31 3.9

Surface Forms

harnessed positive

Morphology

harnessed = harness (transparent) = harness + ed

The adjective is the past-participle form of the verb 'harness' (harness + -ed) used adjectivally; the meaning 'brought under control and put to use' is directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

Harnessed comes from the word harness, the straps put on a horse to guide and control it, so a helpful image is of 'putting a strap' around a force. That is why to 'harness' the wind or a river means 'to control and use' its power, and harnessed describes a natural force brought under control and put to work.