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Princeton's WordNet

  1. harnessedadjective

    brought under control and put to use

    "electricity from the harnessed Colorado River"; "the harnessed power of the atom"

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  1. harnessed

    Harnessed generally means to effectively control, utilize or manage a resource, energy or object in order to benefit or achieve a particular objective. This can refer to both tangible items like a physical tool or intangible things like skills or natural phenomena. It is often used metaphorically to describe the employment of something to its full potential.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Harnessed

    of Harness

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of harnessed in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of harnessed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of harnessed in a Sentence

  1. Geoff Porter:

    The Islamic State in Libya doesn't have comparable revenue streams - no oil sales, no sizeable population to tax and extort, in Libya, there is a superabundance of armed groups. For the most part they are busy fighting each other, but they could potentially be harnessed to eliminate Islamic State.

  2. Harry Emerson Fosdick:

    No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

  3. David Darg:

    As film-makers, we always try to have people understand the magnitude of a disaster but it's difficult in traditional video, this is the first time that Virtual Reality technology has been harnessed after an earthquake to give a fully immersive experience and help connect potential donors to the need in the most direct way available.

  4. Scott Walker:

    I point out, time and time again, so many of you here aren't here because of any interests on behalf of your personal finances or your industries, you're here because you love America, you care deeply about the future, you care about your children and your grandchildren, and I think David and Charles Koch( Charles Koch) have harnessed that frustration and said — instead of just being angry about it, let's do something about it.

  5. Caleb Burns:

    Big data has been harnessed to draw these maps with real precision, on a block-by-block, house-by-house basis.

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