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power

/ˈpaʊ̯.ɚ/

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What does power mean?

noun

  1. The ability to do or undergo something.
  2. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
  3. The ability to affect or influence.
More meanings (27)

noun

  1. The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.
  2. The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
  3. A strong or influential nation, company, or other such body.
  4. Physical force or strength.
  5. Designating one who does something forcefully or on a large or grand scale.
  6. The production or flow of energy providing means to do work; energy per time unit.
  7. Electricity or a supply of electricity.
  8. The rate at which work is done or energy is transferred, expressed in units of energy per unit of time.
  9. The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.
  10. A large amount or number.
  11. Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).
  12. A tractor.
  13. A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.
  14. A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): xⁿ, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x×x×⋯×x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.
  15. Cardinality.
  16. The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
  17. In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.
  18. A bonus point awarded for answering correctly before a certain part of the tossup is read.
  19. A button of a computer, a video game console, or similar device, that when pressed, causes the device to be either shut down or powered up.
  20. (archaic) An army, a military force.

verb

  1. To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
  2. To hit or kick something forcefully.
  3. To enable or provide the impetus for.
  4. To move or advance with great force or speed.

adjective

  1. Impressive.

interjection

  1. Used as a cheer to express support

proper noun

  1. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpaʊ̯.ɚ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈpaʊ̯ɹ/
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And now, O king, we do not believe that a man has such great power, for we know he cannot be slain.
Joseph, Jr. Smith; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsThe Book of Mormon : $b an account written by the hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the plates of NephiProject Gutenberg ebook #17
Stability, on the contrary, requires that the hands in which power is lodged should continue for a length of time the same.
Alexander Hamilton; John Jay; James MadisonThe Federalist PapersProject Gutenberg ebook #18
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I now understood what had been to me a most perplexing difficulty—to wit, the white man’s power to enslave the black man.
Frederick DouglassNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American SlaveProject Gutenberg ebook #23
Like exceptional emphasis in the tone of a genius, that which would have made mediocrity ridiculous was an addition to recognized power.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
But now some god and an infatuate soul Have stirred betwixt them a mad rivalry To grasp at sovereignty and kingly power.
SophoclesPlays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; AntigoneTranslated by Francis StorrProject Gutenberg ebook #31