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Definitions for empower
ɛmˈpaʊ ərem·pow·er
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Princeton's WordNet
empower, authorise, authorizeverb
give or delegate power or authority to
"She authorized her assistant to sign the papers"
endow, indue, gift, empower, invest, endueverb
give qualities or abilities to
GCIDE
Empowerverb
to enable or permit; to give more opportunity for independent action.
Wiktionary
empowerverb
To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
empowerverb
To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Empowerverb
Etymology: from power.
You are empowered, when you please, to give the final decision of wit. John Dryden, Juv. Dedication.
The government shall be empowered to grant commissions to all Protestants whatsoever. Jonathan Swift, on the Sacram. Test.
Does not the same power that enables them to heal, empower them to destroy? Thomas Baker, Reflexions on Learning.
Wikipedia
EMPOWER
EMPOWER ("Education Means Protection Of Women Engaged in Recreation"), also known as Centre for Sex Workers' Protection or Moolniti Songserm Okard Pooying (Thai: มูลนิธิส่งเสริมโอกาสผู้หญิง), is a non-profit organization in Thailand that supports sex workers by offering free classes in language, health, law and pre-college education, as well as individual counselling. The organization also lobbies the government to extend regular labor protections to sex workers and to decriminalize sex work. The organization maintains centres in Patpong (Bangkok), Chiang Mai, Mae Sai and Patong, Phuket.
ChatGPT
empower
Empower refers to the act of giving someone the authority or power to do something; make them stronger or more confident, especially in controlling their life or asserting their rights. It signifies the process of becoming stronger or more independent.
Webster Dictionary
Empowerverb
to give authority to; to delegate power to; to commission; to authorize (having commonly a legal force); as, the Supreme Court is empowered to try and decide cases, civil or criminal; the attorney is empowered to sign an acquittance, and discharge the debtor
Empowerverb
to give moral or physical power, faculties, or abilities to
Wikidata
EMPOWER
EMPOWER, also known as Centre for Sex Workers' Protection or Moolniti Songserm Okard Pooying, is a non-profit organisation in Thailand that supports sex workers by offering free classes in language, health, law and pre-college education as well as individual counseling. The organisation also lobbies the government to extend regular labour protections to sex workers and to legalize prostitution. EMPOWER was founded in 1985 by Chantawipa Apisuk; she still serves as the organisation's director and runs the head office in Nonthaburi Province. The organisation maintains centers in Patpong, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Mae Sai and Patong Beach, Phuket. Unlike most Thai organisations operating in this field, EMPOWER takes a neutral stance towards sex work and does not pressure people to leave the trade. Partly because of this, EMPOWER receives little financial support from the Thai government; the bulk of the donations come from abroad. In 2003 the organisation published a report stating that many anti-trafficking organisations failed to recognize the important difference between migrant sex workers and women forced to prostitute themselves against their will. They documented a May 2003 "raid and rescue" operation on a brothel in Chiang Mai that was carried out by TRAFCORD with support by the International Justice Mission. The operation was carried out without the consent of the sex workers and resulted in numerous human rights violations. IJM subsequently ended its countertrafficking work in Thailand. Chantawipa Apisuk has said that in her opinion these raids and the following arrests and stigmatization only worsen the situation of most prostitutes.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Empower
em-pow′ėr, v.t. to authorise.
Editors Contribution
empower
To provide the authority, power and legislative right to a person or group of people.
The unity government ensure the empowerment of workers rights, human rights and equal rights.
Submitted by MaryC on February 22, 2020
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of empower in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of empower in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of empower in a Sentence
Opening schools in person is an extremely low bar when it comes to empowering parents and providing children with an adequate education, sending a child back to a failing government-run school that wasn't meeting their needs to begin with is unlikely to fix much of anything. The only real solution is to fund students directly and empower families to choose the education providers that best meet their needs. School choice is the only way to truly secure parental rights in education – and it would provide meaningful bottom-up accountability because families could vote with their feet. Only then will schools have real incentives to cater to the needs of families as opposed to the other way around.
We are SharkStriker, a global cybersecurity vendor who seek to empower MSPs with our holistic range of human-led, technologically driven cybersecurity services. We have our presence in over 30+ countries catering to clients from multiple industries.
We have a large list of rules changes that we want to see adopted, the more changes that are adopted to empower members, the less important the motion to vacate the chair becomes. But the more power that is centralized in leadership and the speaker's office, the more important the motion to vacate becomes.
The magic lies within. To Heal yourself. To nurture yourself. To Empower and to dream. To learn and unlearn. To manifest your dreams. To thank for everything. The magic lies within.
Our goal has always been to empower big, important ideas and foster a community to address shared challenges, we’re also bringing SALT to NYC for the first time to help spur revitalization efforts in the city, and want to demonstrate leadership by returning to some semblance of normalcy while maintaining a safe environment for our attendees.
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- تمكينArabic
- упълномощавамBulgarian
- zmocnitCzech
- bemyndigeDanish
- ermächtigen, befähigen, bevollmächtigenGerman
- παρέχω, εξουσιοδοτώGreek
- povigiEsperanto
- empoderar, dar permiso, inspirar a, autorizarSpanish
- قدرت دادنPersian
- valtuuttaa, voimaannuttaaFinnish
- autoriser, encapaciterFrench
- सHindi
- felhatalmaz, megerősítHungarian
- memberdayakanIndonesian
- dare potere, autorizzareItalian
- להעציםHebrew
- ಅಧಿಕಾರKannada
- empowerLatin
- machtigenDutch
- bemyndigeNorwegian
- umożliwiaćPolish
- capacitarPortuguese
- уполномочивать, предоставлять правоRussian
- befullmäktiga, bemyndiga, tillåta, stärka, berättigaSwedish
- அதிகாரம்Tamil
- గలదాTelugu
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