Definitions for powers
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1. powers(Verb)

   Third person singular simple present form of to power.

2. powers(Noun)

   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. powers

   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  

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

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Austin Powers International Man of Mystery:

   Austin Powers Yeah, baby, yeah

2. Vauvenargues:

   Consciousness of our powers augments them.

3. Basil King:

   Be bold and mighty powers will come to your aid.

4. Ahmad F. Hedayat:

   If I had super powers, I would break the prejudices!

5. James R. Cook:

   Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes.

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