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power

English

  1. 🔊 possession of controlling influence
    “the deterrent power of nuclear weapons”
  2. 🔊 one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
    “the mysterious presence of an evil power”
  3. 🔊 (physics) the rate of doing work
  4. 🔊 possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
    “danger heightened his powers of discrimination”
  5. 🔊 a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
  6. 🔊 (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power
    “being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage”
  7. 🔊 physical strength
  8. 🔊 energy made available by the flow of electric charge through a conductor
    “they built a car that runs on electricity”
  9. 🔊 a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
  10. 🔊 a very wealthy or powerful businessman
    “an oil baron”
  11. 🔊 supply the force or power for the functioning of
    “The gasoline powers the engines”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 poderĂ­o power
  2. 🔊 potencia power, potency
  3. 🔊 facultad power, authority, right
  4. 🔊 potestad power, authority (authority to carry out something; typically has a legal or political connotation)

Similar words

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