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| pow·er [ pówr ] |
noun (plural pow·ers) |
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1. capacity to do something: the ability, strength, and capacity to do something
  The pilot did everything in his power to avoid the disaster.
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2. strength: physical force or strength
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3. control and influence: control and influence over other people and their actions
She made you stay behind just to show how much power she has over you.
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4. political control: the political control of a country, exercised by its government or leader
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5. authority to act: the authority to act or do something according to a law or rule
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6. somebody with power: a politically, financially, or socially powerful person
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7. important country: a country that has military or economic resources and is considered to have political influence over other countries
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8. persuasiveness: the ability to influence people's judgment or emotions
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9. skill: a faculty, skill, or ability
musical powers
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10. measure of rate of doing work: a measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy, usually expressed in terms of wattage or horsepower.
Symbol P
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11. energy to drive machinery: energy or force used to drive machinery or produce electricity
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12. electricity: electricity made available for use
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13. mathematics number of multiplication operations: the number of times a quantity is to be successively multiplied by itself, usually written as a small number to the right of and above the quantity
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14. optics magnifying ability: a measure of the ability of a lens, mirror, or prism to magnify an image
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15. statistics probability of rejecting null hypothesis: the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis as false when an alternative hypothesis is true
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16. christianity angel of fourth-highest order: an angel of the fourth of the nine orders of angels in the traditional Christian hierarchy
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1. run by electricity or fuel: receiving power from a motor using electrical energy or fuel such as gasoline, instead of relying on manual labor
power tools
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2. intended for business success: designed or believed to improve somebody's status, influence, or effectiveness in business
power dressing
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verb (past and past participle pow·ered, present participle pow·er·ing, 3rd person present singular pow·ers) |
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1. transitive verb provide energy to operate something: to supply a machine or tool with the energy it needs to operate
electrically powered
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2. intransitive verb move energetically: to move fast and with great determination and energy
He came powering down the home straight.
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| [13th century. < Anglo-Norman poer, Old French poeir< assumed Vulgar Latin potere "be powerful" < Latin potis "able"] |
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the powers that be the people in authority
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