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"
1. (noun)power the ability to control or influencepeople 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
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
6. (noun)power the agentexercising 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
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 moralability 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