English to English
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.
source: wordnet30 - (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)(noun.phenomenon)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.
source: wordnet30 - one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority(noun.person)Example:
The mysterious presence of an evil power.
source: wordnet30 - a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world(noun.group)source: wordnet30
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman(noun.person)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