Power vs. Empowered
Powernoun
(social) Ability to coerce, influence or control.
Powernoun
(countable) Ability to affect or influence.
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Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).
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(metonymy) (chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
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(metonymy) An influential nation, company, or other such body.
Powernoun
Effectiveness.
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Physical force or strength.
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Electricity or a supply of electricity.
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A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.
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The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.
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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).
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(mathematics)
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A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): x^n, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x \times x \times \cdots \times x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.
Powernoun
(set theory) Cardinality.
Powernoun
(statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
Powernoun
In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.
Powerverb
(transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
Powerverb
(transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
Powerverb
To enable or provide the impetus for.
Poweradjective
Impressive.
Powernoun
Same as Poor, the fish.
Powernoun
Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power.
Powernoun
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.
Powernoun
Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; - called also passive power; as, great power of endurance.
Powernoun
The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government.
Powernoun
The agent exercising 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.
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A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
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A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o good things.
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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.
Powernoun
A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
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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.
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A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
Powernoun
Mental or moral ability 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.
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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.
Powernoun
An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment.
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Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.
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possession of controlling influence;
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(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
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possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done;
Powernoun
a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
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(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power;
Powernoun
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority;
Powernoun
physical strength
Powernoun
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
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a very wealthy or powerful businessman;
Powerverb
supply the force or power for the functioning of;
Powernoun
the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way
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the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behaviour of others or the course of events
Powernoun
political or social authority or control, especially that exercised by a government
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authority that is given or delegated to a person or body
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the military strength of a state
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a state or country, especially one viewed in terms of its international influence and military strength
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a person or organization that is strong or influential within a particular context
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a supernatural being, deity, or force
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(in traditional Christian angelology) the sixth-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
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denoting something associated with people who hold authority and influence, especially in the context of business or politics
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used in the names of movements aiming to enhance the status of a specified group
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physical strength and force exerted by something or someone
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capacity or performance of an engine or other device
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denoting a sports player, team, or style of play that makes use of power rather than finesse
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the magnifying capacity of a lens.
Powernoun
energy that is produced by mechanical, electrical, or other means and used to operate a device
Powernoun
electrical energy supplied to an area, building, etc.
Powernoun
driven by electrical energy
Powernoun
the rate of doing work, measured in watts or less frequently horse power.
Powernoun
the product obtained when a number is multiplied by itself a certain number of times
Powernoun
a large number or amount of something
Powerverb
supply (a device) with mechanical or electrical energy
Powerverb
switch a device on or off
Powerverb
move or travel with great speed or force
Powerverb
direct (something, especially a ball) with great force
Empoweredadjective
(US) Having been given the power to make choices relevant to one's situation.
Empoweredadjective
(US) Acting with confidence.
Empoweredverb
simple past tense and past participle of empower
Empowerednoun
One who is empowered.
Empowered
invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.
Empowered
enabled or permitted; as, the women's liberation movement empowered wives to take more control of their own lives.
Empoweredadjective
invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter
