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Definition of 'power'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) power
ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.

2.  power
political or national strength.

3.  power
great or marked ability to do or act; strength; might; force.

4.  power
the possession of control or command over others; authority; ascendancy:
power over people's minds.

5.  power
political ascendancy or control in the government of a country, state, etc.

6.  power
legal ability, capacity, or authority.

7.  power
delegated authority; authority granted to a person or persons in a particular office or capacity:
the powers of the president.

8.  power
a document or written statement conferring legal authority.

9.  power
a person or thing that possesses or exercises authority or influence.

10.  power
a state or nation having international authority or influence.

11.  power
a military or naval force.

12.  power
Often, powers. a deity; divinity:
the heavenly powers.

13.  power
powers, an order of angels.

14.  power
Physics.

15.  power
work done or energy transferred per unit of time.

16.  power
mechanical energy as distinguished from hand labor:
a loom driven by power.

17.  power
a particular form of mechanical or physical energy:
hydroelectric power.

18.  power
energy, force, or momentum.

19.  power
Math.

20.  power
the product obtained by multiplying a quantity by itself one or more times:
The third power of 2 is 8.

21.  power
the exponent of an expression, as a in x^a.

22.  power
the magnifying capacity of a microscope, telescope, etc., expressed as the ratio of the diameter of the image to the diameter of the object.

23.  power
the reciprocal of the focal length of a lens.

24. (v.t.) power
to supply with electricity or other means of power.

25.  power
to give power to; make powerful.

26.  power
to inspire; spur.

27.  power
(of a fuel, engine, or any source able to do work) to supply force to operate (a machine).

28. (adj.) power
operated or driven by a motor or electricity:
a power mower; power tools.

29.  power
operated by a procedure in which manual effort is supplemented or replaced by hydraulic, mechanical, or electric means:
power brakes.

30.  power
conducting electricity:
a power cable.

31.  power
Informal. expressing power; involving or characteristic of those having authority or influence:
a power breakfast.

Definition of 'power'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) power, powerfulness
possession of controlling influence
"the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"

2. (noun) power
(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

3. (noun) ability, power
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
"danger heightened his powers of discrimination"

4. (noun) office, power
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
"being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"

5. (noun) power, force
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
"the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"

6. (noun) exponent, power, index
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

7. (noun) might, mightiness, power
physical strength

8. (noun) world power, major power, great power, power, superpower
a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

9. (verb) baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon
a very wealthy or powerful businessman
"an oil baron"

10. (verb) power
supply the force or power for the functioning of
"The gasoline powers the engines"

Definition of 'power'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) power
the ability to control or influence people
political power; the power of hope; the media's power over what we know and do not know

2.  power
the authority of a person or organization to do sth
the power of the court to overturn the ruling; the government's power to monitor phone and email transmissions

3.  power
energy used to produce electricity, or the electricity itself
homes running on wind/solar power; The power went off for a few minutes.

4.  power
sb's ability to do sth
patients who have lost the power of speech; She did everything in her power to help us.; the superhero with his amazing powers

5.  power
strength or force
the military's superior power in the air; the power of the hurricane's winds

6.  power
a country with influence over others
a nuclear power

7.  power
the powers that be
the people in authority
The powers that be have decided we don't have enough money.

8. (verb) power
to give energy to
the motor that powers the engine

9. (adjective) power
running on electricity or with a motor
power tools; a power boat

Definition of 'power'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) power
same as Poor, the fish

2. (noun) power
ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power

3. (noun) power
ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm

4. (noun) power
capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance

5. (noun) power
the exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government

6. (noun) power
the agent exercising an ability to act; an individual invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman agent; a spirit; a divinity

7. (noun) power
a military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host

8. (noun) power
a large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good things

9. (noun) power
the rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power

10. (noun) power
a mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc

11. (noun) power
applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end

12. (noun) power
a machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power

13. (noun) power
the product arising from the multiplication of a number into itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of a number

14. (noun) power
mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc

15. (noun) power
the degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope, the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it multiplies the apparent surface

16. (noun) power
an authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment

17. (noun) power
hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power

Translation of 'power'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (an) ability A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.
Afrikaans: krag	Arabic: قُدْرَه	Bulgarian: способност
Brazilian: poder	Czech: moc, schopnost	German: die Kraft
Danish: kraft; evne	Greek: ικανότητα	Spanish: poder; facultad, capacida
Estonian: võime	Farsi: توانایی	Finnish: kyky
French: pouvoir, faculté	Hebrew: יְכוֹלֶת	Hindi: सामर्थ्य
Croatian: moć	Hungarian: képesség	Indonesian: kemampuan
Icelandic: kraftur, afl, eiginleiki	Italian: potere, capacità	Japanese: 能力
Korean: 능력	Lithuanian: galia, gebėjimas	Latvian: spēja
Malay: kuasa	Dutch: vermogen	Norwegian: evne
Polish: zdolność	Persian: توانایی	Pashto: توان
Portuguese: poder	Romanian: putere, facultate	Russian: способность; сила
Slovak: moc; schopnosť; kompetenc	Slovenian: sposobnost	Serbian: moć
Swedish: makt, kraft[er], förmåga	Thai: ความสามารถ	Turkish: güç, yetenek
Taiwanese: 能力	Ukrainian: сила	Urdu: صلاحيت
Vietnamese: khả năng	Chinese: 能力
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