Definitions for POWERS
pow·ers

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. powersverb

   Third person singular simple present form of to power.

2. powersnoun

   Plural form of power.

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1. Powers

   Powers is an American creator-owned police procedural comic book series by writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Michael Avon Oeming. The series' first volume was published by Image Comics from 2000 to 2004. In 2004 the series moved to Marvel Comics as a part of its Icon imprint. Combining the genres of superhero fantasy, crime noir and the police procedural, the series follows the lives of two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, who are referred to colloquially as "powers".

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1. powersnoun

   Plural noun or verb form of the word power.

   The powers in authority decided to put new legislation in place demanded by the people by order of priority.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on July 5, 2016  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. POWERS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Powers is ranked #336 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Powers surname appeared 91,970 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 31 would have the surname Powers.
   
   89.6% or 82,405 total occurrences were White.
   5.1% or 4,736 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 2,198 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.6% or 1,518 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 598 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.5% or 506 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'POWERS' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1518

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'POWERS' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2728

How to pronounce POWERS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say POWERS in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of POWERS in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of POWERS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of POWERS in a Sentence

1. Gary Locke:

   China is trying to present itself as kind of a new force, standing up against the Western powers or the Western order. China and many of these other countries that are emerging much stronger economically and politically feel that they’re having to abide by the rules made by the United States and some of the European countries.

2. Raymond G. Kessler:

   In truth, attempts to regulate the civilian possession of firearms have five political functions. They (1) increase citizen reliance on government and tolerance of increased police powers and abuse; (2) help prevent opposition to the government; (3) facilitate repressive action by government and its allies; (4) lessen the pressure for major or radical reform; and (5) can be selectively enforced against those perceived to be a threat to government.

3. Dieter Schwarz in 2004:

   These freedoms that I currently enjoy will no longer exist to this degree. I am beyond my sell-by date as concerns the extent of my powers and areas of competence.

4. Theresa May:

   It will provide the strongest safeguards and world-leading oversight arrangements, and it will give the men and women of our security and intelligence agencies and our law enforcement agencies... the powers they need to protect our country.

5. Merrick Garland:

   Consistent with our commitment to the rule of law, we must ensure that full weight is accorded to separation-of-powers concerns moving forward.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Powers
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=POWERS
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html