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power
('p/AU//@/r )

noun (n)

  • possession of controlling influence(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    The deterrent power of nuclear weapons.
    The power of his love saved her.
    His powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade.
    Synonym:
    powerfulness
    Antonym:
    impotence, impotency, powerlessness
    source: wordnet30
  • (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)(noun.phenomenon)
    source: wordnet30
  • possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    Danger heightened his powers of discrimination.
    Synonym:
    ability
    Antonym:
    inability
    source: wordnet30
  • (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power(noun.state)
    Example:
    During his first year in power.
    The power of the president.
    Synonym:
    office
    source: wordnet30
  • one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority(noun.person)
    Example:
    The mysterious presence of an evil power.
    Synonym:
    force
    source: wordnet30
  • a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    exponent, index
    source: wordnet30
  • physical strength(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    might, mightiness
    source: wordnet30
  • a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world(noun.group)
    Synonym:
    great power, major power, superpower, world power
    source: wordnet30
  • a very wealthy or powerful businessman(noun.person)
    Synonym:
    baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, top executive, tycoon
    source: wordnet30
  • Same as Poor, the fish.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • supply the force or power for the functioning of(verb.consumption)
    Example:
    The gasoline powers the engines.
    source: wordnet30
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