English Explanatory Dictionary

power

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ability to do or undergo something.
  2. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
  3. The ability to affect or influence.
  4. The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.
  5. The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
  6. A strong or influential nation, company, or other such body.
  7. An army, a military force.
  8. Strength, energy.
  9. Physical force or strength.
  10. Designating one who does something forcefully or on a large or grand scale.
  11. The production or flow of energy providing means to do work; energy per time unit.
  12. Electricity or a supply of electricity.
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.
adj
  1. Impressive.
intj
  1. Used as a cheer to express support
noun
  1. 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.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈpaʊ̯ə̯/ /ˈpaʊ̯.ə/ [ˈpʰaə] [ˈpʰaː] [ˈpʰɑː] /ˈpuː.ɐ/ /ˈpaʊ̯.ɚ/ /ˈpaʊ̯ɹ/ [ˈpʰaʊ̯ɚ] [ˈpʰaʊ̯ɹ] en-us-power.ogg /ˈpæʊ̯.ə/ [ˈpʰæʊ̯ə] [ˈpæɔ̯ə] [ˈpʰɛəː] /ˈpaʊ̯.(ə)ɹ/ [p(ʰ)äʊ̯(ə)ɹ] /ˈpʌʊ̯.(ə)ɹ/ [p(ʰ)əw(ə)ɹ]

Word forms

power powers powre powering powered more power most power

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power From Middle English power, poer, from Old French poeir, from Vulgar Latin potēre, from Latin posse, whence English potent. Compare French pouvoir. Displaced the native Old English anweald.

Synonyms

aptitude arm authority capability capacity clout command competence competency control dominion energy force grip hold influence main mastery might muscle potency pull sinew strength sway vigor wald weight disposition craft potence power virtue powers that be

Antonyms

impotence weakness

Related words

possible potent successor skill log(base) = + = + +... = − = × = × ×... = ÷ = Or sometimes = √ = more power to someone

Derived words

A-B power active power agripower airpower antipower atomic power auxiliary power unit axiom of power set Axis power balance of power Banzhaf power index bargaining power battery power biopower bipower black power bottom power brainpower broken power law brown power buying power candlepower candle power civil power clean power combined cycle power plant come to power cone of power copower corridors of power counterpower cyberpower dirty power donkey power donkeypower do the power of good duckpower earning power earnings power effective radiated power electric power transmission electropower eye power firepower fire-power firm power Five Power Defence Arrangements flower power formal power series girl power gray power great power grey power ground power gunpower hard power higher power high-power horse-power horsepower

Translations

Arabic: قُدْرَة Arabic: اِسْتِطَاعَة Armenian: հզորություն Bashkir: ҡеүәт Belarusian: пату́жнасць Belarusian: пату́жнасьць Bulgarian: мо́щност Chinese Mandarin: 功率 Czech: výkon Dutch: vermogen Esperanto: povumo Estonian: võimsus Finnish: teho French: puissance Galician: potencia German: Leistung Greek: ισχύς Hebrew: הֶסְפֵּק Hungarian: teljesítmény Italian: potenza Japanese: 仕事率 Korean: 일률 Northern Kurdish: hêz Latin: potentia Macedonian: моќ Malagasy: herin'angôvo Malay: kuasa Norwegian Bokmål: kraft Norwegian Bokmål: effekt Iranian Persian: تَوان Polish: moc Portuguese: potência Romanian: putere Romanian: randament Romanian: potență Russian: мо́щность Sicilian: putènzia Slovak: sila Slovene: moč Spanish: potencia Swedish: effekt Tagalog: isog Thai: กำลัง Thai: พลัง Turkish: güç Ukrainian: поту́жність
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