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Definitions and meaning of power

power

Alternative forms

• powre (obsolete)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊ̯ə̯/, /ˈpaʊ̯.ə/
  • (with triphthong smoothing) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰaə], [ˈpʰaː], [ˈpʰɑː]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊ̯.ɚ/, /ˈpaʊ̯ɹ/, [ˈpʰaʊ̯ɚ], [ˈpʰaʊ̯ɹ]
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpæʊ̯.ə/, [ˈpʰæʊ̯ə], [ˈpæɔ̯ə], [ˈpʰɛəː] (increasingly broader)
• Hyphenation: pow‧er
• Rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ), -aʊə(ɹ)

Noun

power (countable and uncountable, plural powers)

1. The ability to do or undergo something.
2. (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
   1. (countable) The ability to affect or influence.
   2. Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).
   3. (metonymically, chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.

      Synonym: powers that be
   4. (metonymically) An influential nation, company, or other such body.
   5. (metonymically, archaic) An army, a military force.
3. (physical, uncountable) Effectiveness.
   1. Physical force or strength.

   3. Electricity or a supply of electricity.
   4. A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.
   5. The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.

4. (colloquial, dated) A large amount or number.
5. 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).

   the mechanical powers

6. (trucking) A tractor.

7. (physics, mechanics) 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.
8. (mathematics)
   2. A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): ${\displaystyle x^{n}}$, read as "${\displaystyle x}$ to the power of ${\displaystyle n}$" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product ${\displaystyle x\times x\times \cdots \times x}$, where ${\displaystyle x}$ appears ${\displaystyle n}$ times in the product; ${\displaystyle x}$ is called the base and ${\displaystyle n}$ the exponent.
   3. (set theory) Cardinality.
   4. (statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
9. (biblical, in the plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:power

Antonyms

• impotence
• weakness

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

• possible
• potent

Collocations

Descendants

• → German: Power
• → Welsh: pŵer

Translations

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

Verb

power (third-person singular simple present powers, present participle powering, simple past and past participle powered)

1. (transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).

2. (transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
3. To enable or provide the impetus for.

Derived terms

• empower
• power down
• power through
• power up

Translations

Adjective

power (comparative more power, superlative most power)

1. (Singapore, colloquial) Impressive.

Further reading

• “power”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• powre

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pauvre, from Latin pauper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːvər/, [ˈpoːvɐ]
• Hyphenation: po‧wer

Adjective

power (strong nominative masculine singular powerer, comparative powerer, superlative am powersten)

1. (regional, informal) poor, miserable

Declension

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊ̯ər/, [ˈpaʊ̯ɐ]
• Homophone: Power

Verb

power

1. singular imperative of powern
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of powern

Further reading

• “power” in Duden online
• “power” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache