POWER

might, mightiness, power

(noun) physical strength

power, powerfulness

(noun) possession of controlling influence; “the deterrent power of nuclear weapons”; “the power of his love saved her”; “his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade”

ability, power

(noun) possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; “danger heightened his powers of discrimination”

exponent, power, index

(noun) a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself

baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon

(noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; “an oil baron”

power, force

(noun) one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; “the mysterious presence of an evil power”; “may the force be with you”; “the forces of evil”

electricity, electrical energy, power

(noun) energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor; “they built a car that runs on electricity”; “The power went oout around midnight”

power

(noun) (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)

office, power

(noun) (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; “being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage”; “during his first year in office”; “during his first year in power”; “the power of the president”

power

(verb) supply the force or power for the functioning of; “The gasoline powers the engines”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

Power (plural Powers)

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.

Proper noun

Power

A surname.

Anagrams

• powre

Etymology

Noun

power (countable and uncountable, plural powers)

Ability to do or undergo something.

(social) Ability to coerce, influence or control.

(countable) Ability to affect or influence.

Control or coercion, particularly legal or political (jurisdiction).

(metonymically, chiefly, in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.

Synonym: powers that be

(metonymically) An influential nation, company, or other such body.

(physical, uncountable) Effectiveness.

Physical force or strength.

Electricity or a supply of electricity.

A measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy.

The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.

(colloquial, dated) A large amount or number.

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).

(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.

(mathematics)

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.

(set theory) Cardinality.

(statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.

(biblical, in plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often used with "power": electric, nuclear, optical, mechanical, political, absolute, corporate, institutional, military, economic, solar, magic, magical, huge, physical, mental, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, sexual, seductive, coercive, erotic, natural, cultural, positive, negative, etc.

Synonyms

(Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)):

• 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

• See also power

Antonyms

• impotence

• weakness

Hyponyms

(Terms derived from power (noun)):

• atomic power

• Black Power

• candlepower

• colonial power

• empower

• flower power

• gray power

• grey power

• hard power

• horsepower

• institutional power

• moral power

• nuclear power

• optical power

• personal power

• political power

• poor power

• sea power

• social power

• soft power

• solar power

• superpower

• white power

• wind power

Verb

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

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

(transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.

To enable or provide the impetus for.

Adjective

power (comparative more power, superlative most power)

(Singapore, colloquial) Impressive.

Anagrams

• powre

Source: Wiktionary

Pow"er, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Same as Poor, the fish.

Pow"er, n. Etym: [OE. pouer, poer, OF. poeir, pooir, F. pouvoir, n. & v., fr. LL. potere, for L. posse, potesse, to be able, to have power. See Possible, Potent, and cf. Posse comitatus.]

1. 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. "One next himself in power, and next in crime." Milton.

2. 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. "The power of fancy." Shak.

3. Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of endurance. Power, then, is active and passive; faculty is active power or capacity; capacity is passive power. Sir W. Hamilton.

4. The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command; government. Power is no blessing in itself but when it is employed to protect the innocent. Swift.

5. 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. "The powers of darkness." Milton. And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. Matt. xxiv. 29.

6. A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host. Spenser. Never such a power . . . Was levied in the body of a land. Shak.

7. A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o. [Colloq.] Richardson.

8. (Mech.) (a) 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.

Note: The English unit of power used most commonly is the horse power. See Horse power. (b) A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc. (c) Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.

Note: This use in mechanics, of power as a synonym for force, is improper and is becoming obsolete. (d) A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to drive other machinery; as, a dog power.

Note: Power is used adjectively, denoting, driven, or adapted to be driven, by machinery, and not actuated directly by the hand or foot; as, a power lathe; a power loom; a power press.

9. (Math.)

Definition: 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.

10. ( (Metaph.)

Definition: 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. I. Watts. The guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of my powers, drove the grossness . . . into a received belief. Shak.

11. (Optics)

Definition: 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.

12. (Law)

Definition: An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by appointment. Wharton.

13. Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.

Note: Power may be predicated of inanimate agents, like the winds and waves, electricity and magnetism, gravitation, etc., or of animal and intelligent beings; and when predicated of these beings, it may indicate physical, mental, or moral ability or capacity. Mechanical powers. See under Mechanical.

– Power loom, or Power press. See Def. 8 (d), note.

– Power of attorney. See under Attorney.

– Power of a point (relative to a given curve) (Geom.), the result of substituting the coördinates of any point in that expression which being put equal to zero forms the equation of the curve; as, x2 + y2 - 100 is the power of the point x, y, relative to the circle x2 + y2 - 100 = 0.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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