Meaning of 'power' (Webster Dictionary)
- Same as Poor, the fish.
- 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.
- 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.
- Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted
upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of
endurance.
- The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the
exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command;
government.
- 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.
- A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
- A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good
things.
- 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.
- A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy
is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
- 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.
- A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to
drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest
vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by
appointment.
- Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the
business was referred to a committee with power.
Meaning of 'power' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- a very wealthy or powerful businessman
Meaning (2):
- (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
Example in sentence:- 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
Meaning (3):
- possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
Example in sentence:- danger heightened his powers of discrimination
Meaning (4):
- possession of controlling influence
Example in sentence:- his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade;
- the deterrent power of nuclear weapons;
- the power of his love saved her
Meaning (5):
- one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
Example in sentence:- may the force be with you;
- the forces of evil;
- the mysterious presence of an evil power
Meaning (6):
- energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
Example in sentence:- The power went oout around midnight;
- they built a car that runs on electricity
Meaning (7):
- supply the force or power for the functioning of
Example in sentence:- The gasoline powers the engines
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