Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pótis
Proto-Italic *potis
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Indo-European *-t
Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt
Proto-Italic *som
Proto-Italic *possom
Latin posseder.
Vulgar Latin potēre
Old French pooir
Anglo-Norman poerbor.
Middle English power
English power
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.
Meanings
(Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) Impressive.
His hokkien is damn power lah! 2010, Caihong Lim, Kesheng Lim, Footprints All Over: Love, Happiness,Joy:
Check out the POWER Mee Rebus & Lontong in this newly established Nasi Padang coffee shop at Market Street Carpark. 2001, Thian, Makan Time:
Eh his soccer skills damn power one. 2015, SGMOJI, Your Ultimate Guide to Locally-Grown Emojis, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2016:
Their performance is very the Power! 2005, Bayya, Bayya Eats ... and Other Stuff:
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pótis
Proto-Italic *potis
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Indo-European *-t
Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt
Proto-Italic *som
Proto-Italic *possom
Latin posseder.
Vulgar Latin potēre
Old French pooir
Anglo-Norman poerbor.
Middle English power
English power
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.
Meanings
(Philippines, colloquial) Used as a cheer to express support
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pótis
Proto-Italic *potis
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Indo-European *-t
Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt
Proto-Italic *som
Proto-Italic *possom
Latin posseder.
Vulgar Latin potēre
Old French pooir
Anglo-Norman poerbor.
Middle English power
English power
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.
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) The ability to do or undergo something.
He has lost the power to speak.
On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines. 1950 September, “Network News: Watford Tunnel, L.M.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 641:
If it is spirits who have power to suffer, it seems they would also have active powers to think and will. 2018, Marilyn McCord Adams, Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God, page 74:
(countable, qualifier:social, uncountable) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
The proportion of female colleagues in the Hsinchu County Government and its affiliated units has reached 61%. “Women Power” is the power behind over half of the services provided by the county government. 2022 March 8, “Magistrate Yang Wen-ke Sends Female Staff in Hsinchu County Government Roses for Their Contributions”, in HsinChu County Government, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2022:
(countable, qualifier:social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control. ▸ The ability to affect or influence.
Thwackum, on the contrary, maintained that the human mind, since the fall, was nothing but a sink of iniquity, till purified and redeemed by grace.[…]The favourite phrase of the former, was the natural beauty of virtue; that of the latter, was the divine power of grace. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book III:
An incident which happened about this time will set the characters of these two lads more fairly before the discerning reader than is in the power of the longest dissertation. 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book II:
the power of the written word
Past and future obviously have no reality of their own. Just as the moon has no light of its own, but can only reflect the light of the sun, so are past and future only pale reflections of the light, power, and reality of the eternal present. 1998, Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now:
No matter how different we appear, we're all the same in our struggle against the powers of evil and darkness. I hope that this day will always be a day of joy in which we can reconfirm our dedication and our courage and more than anything else, our love for one another. This is the promise of the Tree of Life. 1978 November 17, 1:30:50 from the start, in The Star Wars Holiday Special (Science Fiction), spoken by Carrie Fisher, →OCLC:
(countable, qualifier:social, uncountable) The ability to coerce, influence, or control. ▸ The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.
The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. [...] We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. 1949, George Orwell [pseudonym; George Orwell], Nineteen Eighty-Four:
In the face of expanding federal power, California in particular struggled to maintain control over its Chinese population. 2005 April, Columbia Law Review:
He's nominally president, but he does not have any real power.
It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits. 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
“[…] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. […]” 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
I can see your whole history in your eyes. You were born with nothing, so you've had to struggle, and connive, and claw your way to power. But true power—the divine right to rule—is something you're born with. 2006 December 1, Aaron Ehasz, “The Crossroads of Destiny” (12:27 from the start), in Michael Dante DiMartino, director, Avatar: The Last Airbender, season 2 (Book Two: Earth), episode 20, spoken by Azula (Grey DeLisle):
(countable, in-plural, metonymically, qualifier:social, uncountable) The ability to coerce, influence, or control. ▸ The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
(countable, metonymically, qualifier:social, uncountable) The ability to coerce, influence, or control. ▸ A strong or influential nation, company, or other such body.
Britain is no longer the maritime power that it once was.
Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys. 2013 August 16, John Vidal, “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 8:
In the 19th century, Britain and France were major colonial powers.
(archaic, countable, metonymically, qualifier:social, uncountable) The ability to coerce, influence, or control. ▸ An army, a military force.
Then when our powers in points of ſwords are ioin’d
And cloſde in compaſſe of the killing bullet,
Though ſtraite the paſſage and the port be made,
That leads to Pallace of my brothers life,
Proud is his fortune if we pierce it not. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene i:
The threatning words of duke Robert comming at the last to king Henries eares, caused him foorthwith to conceiue verie sore displeasure against the duke, in so much that he sent ouer a power of men into Normandie, which finding no great resistance, did much hurt in the countrie, by fetching and carieng spoiles and preies. 1577, Raphaell Holinshed, The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande […], volume I, London: […] [Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison, →OCLC:
(countable, physical, uncountable) Strength, energy. ▸ Physical force or strength.
He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium.
(attributive, countable, physical, uncountable) Strength, energy. ▸ Designating one who does something forcefully or on a large or grand scale.
This high-spec computer is ideal for power users.
She's a power shopper; she knows all the best deals.
(countable, physical, uncountable) Strength, energy. ▸ The production or flow of energy providing means to do work; energy per time unit.
The power to haul the train is supplied by two huge locomotives.
(countable, physical, specifically, uncountable) Strength, energy. ▸ Electricity or a supply of electricity.
A U.S. Navy destroyer experienced a complete loss of power while deployed in the South China Sea last month, leaving sailors without drinkable water, meals, running toilets or air conditioning for four days. 2026 August 17, Tara Copp, “U.S. Navy destroyer lost power for 4 days in South China Sea”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2026:
“My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up.[…]You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. […]” 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
[Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages. 2013 July 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
After the pylons collapsed, this town was without power for a few days.
(countable, physical, uncountable) Strength, energy. ▸ The rate at which work is done or energy is transferred, expressed in units of energy per unit of time.
The kilowatt is a unit of power, equivalent to 1,000 joules of energy per second.
(countable, physical, uncountable) Strength, energy. ▸ The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.
We need a microscope with higher power.
(colloquial, countable, qualifier:dated outside the phrase 'power of good', uncountable) A large amount or number.
All the other children are making a power of noise 1944/5, Dylan Thomas, Twenty Years a-Growing (filmscript (unfinished)), published 1964:
do a power of good
"I'm shure," said Jack, "sense your honour lives down undher the wather, you must be obleeged to dhrink a power to keep any hate in you, at all at all, in such a cruel, damp, cowld place." 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 530:
what a power of languages he knew 1918, Henry Kitchell Webster, “The White Arc”, in Everybody's Magazine, volume XXXVIII, number Five:
Don't you mind my snuffling a little—becuz we're in a power of trouble. 1872, Mark Twain, chapter XLVII, in Roughing It:
each word costing her a power of pain 2020, Laura Carlin, Requiem for a Knave:
"There'd be a power of horses down there on the parade ground, wouldn't there ?" 2002, William Magan, Soldier of the Raj, page 161:
(countable, uncountable) 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
(countable, qualifier:trucking, uncountable) A tractor.
The set I'm making right now needs a power on it, but we don't have any tractors left in the yard.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): xⁿ, read as "x to the power of n" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product x×x×⋯×x, where x appears n times in the product; x is called the base and n the exponent.
(countable, uncountable) Cardinality.
(countable, uncountable) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
(countable, in-plural, uncountable) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.
(countable, qualifier:quiz bowl, uncountable) A bonus point awarded for answering correctly before a certain part of the tossup is read.
main (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · wald (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · arm (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · disposition · strength (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · virtue · mastery (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · sinew (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · kick · dominion (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · might (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · authority (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · craft · vigor (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · command (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · steam · force (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · pull (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · competency (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · capacity (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · grip (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · energy (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · powers that be · influence (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · power · aptitude (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · hold (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · competence (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · weight (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · control (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · sway (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · potency (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · muscle (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · clout (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · capability (Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)) · potence
Translations (677)
km កម្លាំង (physical force or strength) · av гуж (ability to affect or influence) · cs moc (control, particularly legal or political) · lo ໄຟຟ້າ (electricity, electricity supply) · cs mohutnost (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · ca potència (physical force or strength) · zdj ezi (control, particularly legal or political) · fo streymur (electricity, electricity supply) · mg hery (physical force or strength) · mk власт (control, particularly legal or political) · mk сила (influential nation, company etc.) · ur قُوَّت (electricity, electricity supply) · ru мощь (physical force or strength) · lo ພະລັງງານ (electricity, electricity supply) · cmn 功率 (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · fr électricité (electricity, electricity supply) · ast poder (ability to affect or influence) · hu hatvány (maths: product of equal factors) · sq zotësi (ability to affect or influence) · pt poder (ability to affect or influence) · mn цахилгаан (electricity, electricity supply) · la ars (ability to affect or influence) · sq pushtet (ability to affect or influence) · bg ене́ргия (electricity, electricity supply) · prs قُوَّت (ability to affect or influence) · ba ҡеүәт (ability to affect or influence) · ar قُوَّة (physical force or strength) · pl potęga (influential nation, company etc.) · sga cumang (ability to affect or influence) · ro putere (influential nation, company etc.) · ru власть (control, particularly legal or political) · be ула́да (control, particularly legal or political) · nl vergroting (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · pt potência (statistics: probability of correctly rejecting the null hypothesis) · az qüvvə (ability to affect or influence) · es potencia (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · it potenza (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · it forza (physical force or strength) · sh енѐргија (electricity, electricity supply) · sk sila (physical force or strength) · pl moc (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · kk дәреже (maths: product of equal factors) · ro potență (maths: product of equal factors) · de Macht (influential nation, company etc.) · scn enirgìa (electricity, electricity supply) · kk қуат (electricity, electricity supply) · tr güç (electricity, electricity supply) · ro potență (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · id daya (electricity, electricity supply) · uk електропостача́ння (electricity, electricity supply) · gl luz (electricity, electricity supply) · pt potência (physical force or strength) · mk електриците́т (electricity, electricity supply) · it energia (electricity, electricity supply) · bn তাকত (physical force or strength) · de Stärke (physical force or strength) · ext poel (physical force or strength) · cmn 功率 (physical force or strength) · es polenta (physical force or strength) · ug قۇۋۋەت (ability to affect or influence) · sv styrka (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · enm power (ability to affect or influence) · cu власть (ability to affect or influence) · gl potencia (influential nation, company etc.) · nb forsterkning (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · sa बल (physical force or strength) · ru пита́ние (electricity, electricity supply) · ja 力 (ability to affect or influence) · da kraft (electricity, electricity supply) · ja 仕事率 (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · fi suuryhtiö (influential nation, company etc.) · el δύναμη (influential nation, company etc.) · be ула́да (ability to affect or influence) · fi mahti (ability to affect or influence) · ga cumhacht (control, particularly legal or political) · hi घात (maths: product of equal factors) · enm power (biblical: level of angels) · tt куәт (ability to affect or influence) · bg електри́чество (electricity, electricity supply) · he מַעֲצָמָה (influential nation, company etc.) · el ισχύς (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · it potenza (maths: product of equal factors) · nl grootmacht (influential nation, company etc.) · ckb توانا (ability to affect or influence) · bg власти (biblical: level of angels) · et elektrivool (electricity, electricity supply) · cmn 電力 /电力 (electricity, electricity supply) · sh vlȃst (ability to affect or influence) · cy pŵer (control, particularly legal or political) · th แรง (physical force or strength) · es poder (physical force or strength) · mg herin'angôvo (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · fi potenssi (maths: product of equal factors) · cmn 力量 (physical force or strength) · lt galia (physical force or strength) · fi vallanpitäjät (people in charge of legal or political power) · uk ене́ргія (electricity, electricity supply) · bg мощ (physical force or strength) · th ไฟ (electricity, electricity supply) · mr सत्ता (influential nation, company etc.) · ga cumhacht (influential nation, company etc.) · prs قُدْرَت (influential nation, company etc.) · izh voima (physical force or strength) · ro putere (physical force or strength) · scn forza (physical force or strength) · tr kuvvet (ability to affect or influence) · ltg vare (ability to affect or influence) · et energia (electricity, electricity supply) · fi voimakkuus (physical force or strength) · bg си́ла (influential nation, company etc.) · ru электри́чество (electricity, electricity supply) · ar طَاقَة (electricity, electricity supply) · sq rrymë (electricity, electricity supply) · pt potestade (biblical: level of angels) · ja 勢力 (control, particularly legal or political) · ext poel (control, particularly legal or political) · bg си́ла (physical force or strength) · gl potencia (maths: product of equal factors) · ur شَکْتی (ability to affect or influence) · az qüdrət (ability to affect or influence) · sw nguvu (ability to affect or influence) · ky күч (physical force or strength) · tr üs (maths: product of equal factors) · la facultas (ability to affect or influence) · scn putiri (control, particularly legal or political) · oc poder (ability to affect or influence) · el εξουσία (people in charge of legal or political power) · he חַשְׁמַל (electricity, electricity supply) · sh vlȃst (control, particularly legal or political) · da el (electricity, electricity supply) · fi valta (ability to affect or influence) · cy pŵer (ability to affect or influence) · it potenza (statistics: probability of correctly rejecting the null hypothesis) · pl mocarstwo (influential nation, company etc.) · got 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹 (ability to affect or influence) · hu teljesítmény (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · be пату́жнасьць (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · hy իշխանություն (control, particularly legal or political) · ckb زەبر (physical force or strength) · kmr hêz (electricity, electricity supply) · ru мо́щность (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · az qüvvət (maths: product of equal factors) · fa-ira تَوان (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · cs výkon (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · mr शक्ती (physical force or strength) · ru си́ла (influential nation, company etc.) · ota طاقت (physical force or strength) · akl gahom (ability to affect or influence) · ota مكنت (ability to affect or influence) · ru влия́ние (ability to affect or influence) · nl kracht (physical force or strength) · es electricidad (electricity, electricity supply) · ro electricitate (electricity, electricity supply) · es potencia (influential nation, company etc.) · pl siła (physical force or strength) · ja 権力 (influential nation, company etc.) · fi voimatekijä (influential nation, company etc.) · ht pouvwa (ability to affect or influence) · sq zotërim (control, particularly legal or political) · is rafmagn (electricity, electricity supply) · bg мо́щност (electricity, electricity supply) · fi virta (electricity, electricity supply) · nl voeding (electricity, electricity supply) · sga láthar (physical force or strength) · sv makt (influential nation, company etc.) · ur قُوَّت (physical force or strength) · ru электрото́к (electricity, electricity supply) · la vis (physical force or strength) · et jõud (physical force or strength) · be ўла́да (ability to affect or influence) · th กำลัง (physical force or strength) · gl poder (ability to affect or influence) · sv kraft (electricity, electricity supply) · nl macht (maths: product of equal factors) · el ηλεκτρισμός (electricity, electricity supply) · hif taagat (physical force or strength) · uz quvvat (ability to affect or influence) · nl stroom (electricity, electricity supply) · kmr hêz (biblical: level of angels) · ko 거듭제곱 (maths: product of equal factors) · gd neart (ability to affect or influence) · ur قُدْرَت (ability to affect or influence) · fi voima (biblical: level of angels) · nb elektrisitet (electricity, electricity supply) · bg сили (biblical: level of angels) · de Macht (ability to affect or influence) · mk енергија (electricity, electricity supply) · eo potenco (maths: product of equal factors) · de Energie (electricity, electricity supply) · fur podè (ability to affect or influence) · cmn 強國 /强国 (influential nation, company etc.) · lo ອາດຊະຍາ (ability to affect or influence) · gd neart (control, particularly legal or political) · it potenza (physical force or strength) · hu energia (electricity, electricity supply) · cmn 權力 /权力 (ability to affect or influence) · pl moc (ability to affect or influence) · ko 일률 (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · fr pouvoir (ability to affect or influence) · mk струја (electricity, electricity supply) · te కరెంట్ (electricity, electricity supply) · sk elektrina (electricity, electricity supply) · fa-ira قُدْرَت (control, particularly legal or political) · gd cumhachd (influential nation, company etc.) · es potencia (statistics: probability of correctly rejecting the null hypothesis) · hu hatalom (ability to affect or influence) · mi awenga (ability to affect or influence) · my အာဏာ (ability to affect or influence) · ar قُوَّة (maths: product of equal factors) · enm potestat (biblical: level of angels) · he כֹּחַ (biblical: level of angels) · mk степен (maths: product of equal factors) · de Potenz (maths: product of equal factors) · hy էլեկտրականություն (electricity, electricity supply) · so quwad (physical force or strength) · fi mahti (influential nation, company etc.) · cu власть (control, particularly legal or political) · es corriente (electricity, electricity supply) · be пату́жнасць (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · uga 𐎓𐎇 (ability to affect or influence) · enm power (physical force or strength) · el δύναμη (physical force or strength) · pt poder (control, particularly legal or political) · uz energiya (electricity, electricity supply) · th ไฟฟ้า (electricity, electricity supply) · rup vãrtuti (physical force or strength) · mk моќ (physical force or strength) · rup puteare (ability to affect or influence) · sv kraft (physical force or strength) · ja 倍率 (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · uk вла́да (people in charge of legal or political power) · ba көс (physical force or strength) · tr güç (ability to affect or influence) · lo ອຳນາດ (control, particularly legal or political) · it potenza (influential nation, company etc.) · uk сте́пінь (maths: product of equal factors) · sid wolqa (physical force or strength) · sq fuqi (ability to affect or influence) · is máttur (ability to affect or influence) · ltg elektreja (electricity, electricity supply) · el ισχύς (ability to affect or influence) · bn শক্তি (electricity, electricity supply) · lo ອຳນາດ (ability to affect or influence) · eo povo (ability to affect or influence) · sv effekt (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · nl macht (control, particularly legal or political) · ur بَرْق (electricity, electricity supply) · hi शक्ति (influential nation, company etc.) · mg toraka (maths: product of equal factors) · hy հոսանք (electricity, electricity supply) · id kekuatan (physical force or strength) · bg увеличе́ние (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · ka ძალა (physical force or strength) · nb kraft (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · fi mahtitekijä (influential nation, company etc.) · ur قُوَّت (ability to affect or influence) · sv elektricitet (electricity, electricity supply) · it potere (control, particularly legal or political) · pl władza (ability to affect or influence) · prg warē (ability to affect or influence) · th กำลัง (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · ca poder (ability to affect or influence) · ckb قووەت (physical force or strength) · uk вла́да (ability to affect or influence) · ga cumhacht (maths: product of equal factors) · tl lambal (maths: product of equal factors) · ko 세력 (ability to affect or influence) · az güc (ability to affect or influence) · sl moč (control, particularly legal or political) · te శక్తి (physical force or strength) · ar قُوَّة (ability to affect or influence) · nb kraft (electricity, electricity supply) · ur طاقَت (influential nation, company etc.) · fr pouvoir (control, particularly legal or political) · rup puteari (physical force or strength) · az güc (physical force or strength) · gl corrente (electricity, electricity supply) · sh вла̑ст (control, particularly legal or political) · fi voima (physical force or strength) · vi điện lực (electricity, electricity supply) · is veldi (influential nation, company etc.) · es potencia (physical force or strength) · nb makt (ability to affect or influence) · da magt (ability to affect or influence) · fi valta (control, particularly legal or political) · pt força (physical force or strength) · tg барқ (electricity, electricity supply) · mr ताकद (physical force or strength) · ro putere (control, particularly legal or political) · nb effekt (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · sk sila (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · be ступе́нь (maths: product of equal factors) · pt potência (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · ota مكنت (physical force or strength) · kmr zilhêz (influential nation, company etc.) · uz tok (electricity, electricity supply) · cmn 次方 (maths: product of equal factors) · tsg kusug (ability to affect or influence) · la potentia (maths: product of equal factors) · ur شَکْتی (electricity, electricity supply) · sk mocnosť (influential nation, company etc.) · la potentia (physical force or strength) · km ថាមពល (electricity, electricity supply) · fa-ira زور (physical force or strength) · ca poder (physical force or strength) · tg қувват (electricity, electricity supply) · ltg vaļde (ability to affect or influence) · cs mocnost (influential nation, company etc.) · ms kuasa (ability to affect or influence) · rup puteare (physical force or strength) · cy pŵer (people in charge of legal or political power) · ang anweald (control, particularly legal or political) · cmn 勢力 /势力 (ability to affect or influence) · hu hatalom (influential nation, company etc.) · hi बल (physical force or strength) · la potentia (ability to affect or influence) · lv jauda (electricity, electricity supply) · ar اِسْتِطَاعَة (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · hy հզորություն (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · pl zasilanie (electricity, electricity supply) · te కరెంటు (electricity, electricity supply) · mk моќ (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · lv jauda (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · hi शक्ति (electricity, electricity supply) · uk вла́да (control, particularly legal or political) · ur شَکْتی (physical force or strength) · alt тап (ability to affect or influence) · tr güç (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · he הֶסְפֵּק (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · cmn 能量 (physical force or strength) · ru си́ла (physical force or strength) · th เลขยกกำลัง (maths: product of equal factors) · mk сила (physical force or strength) · fi valtuus (control, particularly legal or political) · be электры́чнасць (electricity, electricity supply) · kmr hêz (physical force or strength) · sv potens (maths: product of equal factors) · mk моќ (ability to affect or influence) · ko 배율 (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · sh вла̑ст (ability to affect or influence) · hu elektromosság (electricity, electricity supply) · gd spionnadh (physical force or strength) · ltg spāks (physical force or strength) · fa-ira تَوان (maths: product of equal factors) · fr puissance (physical force or strength) · yue 電力 /电力 (electricity, electricity supply) · mn чадвар (ability to affect or influence) · sa सहस् (physical force or strength) · ja 能天使 (biblical: level of angels) · is kraftur (physical force or strength) · de Strom (electricity, electricity supply) · ro putere (maths: product of equal factors) · sl moč (physical force or strength) · cy pŵer (physical force or strength) · ja 冪 (maths: product of equal factors) · uk еле́ктрика (electricity, electricity supply) · egy wsr-s-r-w-A24-Z2 (control, particularly legal or political) · kmr jorjimar (maths: product of equal factors) · mrw menang (physical force or strength) · rup fortsã (physical force or strength) · lt valdžia (control, particularly legal or political) · kk билік (ability to affect or influence) · bg господства (biblical: level of angels) · hy տերություն (influential nation, company etc.) · ru мо́щность (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · ru ток (electricity, electricity supply) · prs قُوَّت (control, particularly legal or political) · bg електроене́ргия (electricity, electricity supply) · kmr hêz (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · ko 역량 (physical force or strength) · hu erő (physical force or strength) · prs قُدْرَت (ability to affect or influence) · gd cumhachd (electricity, electricity supply) · ko 세력 (control, particularly legal or political) · grc δύναμις (physical force or strength) · fi sähkönsyöttö (electricity, electricity supply) · kmr hêz (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · la potestās (control, particularly legal or political) · el δυνάμεις (biblical: level of angels) · sl moč (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · ko 권력 (ability to affect or influence) · kmr kareba (electricity, electricity supply) · tk güýç (ability to affect or influence) · cs mocnina (maths: product of equal factors) · nb makt (influential nation, company etc.) · om humna (physical force or strength) · eo potenco (ability to affect or influence) · la potentia (influential nation, company etc.) · ckb کارەبا (electricity, electricity supply) · es potestad (biblical: level of angels) · mg fianjadiana (ability to affect or influence) · cs moc (ability to affect or influence) · ru сте́пень (maths: product of equal factors) · ja 列強 (influential nation, company etc.) · da elektricitet (electricity, electricity supply) · pl możność (ability to affect or influence) · fa-ira قُدْرَت (physical force or strength) · it capacità (ability to affect or influence) · pl elektryczność (electricity, electricity supply) · id kekuasaan (ability to affect or influence) · ja 勢力 (influential nation, company etc.) · uk струм (electricity, electricity supply) · nb innflytelse (ability to affect or influence) · bg власт (control, particularly legal or political) · fi sähköt (electricity, electricity supply) · bcl urag (ability to affect or influence) · sl sila (influential nation, company etc.) · ro randament (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · mnc ᡨᠣᠣᠰᡝ (ability to affect or influence) · scn putènzia (physical force or strength) · lt jėga (physical force or strength) · ms kuasa (physical force or strength) · fr puissance (ability to affect or influence) · ug قۇدرەت (ability to affect or influence) · lv lielvalsts (influential nation, company etc.) · enm emperie (control, particularly legal or political) · mk моќ (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · hy աստիճան (maths: product of equal factors) · ky бийлик (ability to affect or influence) · tr güç (physical force or strength) · ro curent electric (electricity, electricity supply) · be пату́жнасьць (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · kmr zever (ability to affect or influence) · izh valta (control, particularly legal or political) · ru держа́ва (influential nation, company etc.) · es potestad (control, particularly legal or political) · is vald (control, particularly legal or political) · sk moc (control, particularly legal or political) · be эне́ргія (electricity, electricity supply) · ar قُدْرَة (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · he כוח \ כֹּחַ (ability to affect or influence) · it influenza (ability to affect or influence) · he חֶזְקָה (maths: product of equal factors) · sk moc (ability to affect or influence) · ur طاقَت (physical force or strength) · de Leistung (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · gl potencia (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · ba ҡеүәт (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · fa-ira بَرْق (electricity, electricity supply) · ro tărie (physical force or strength) · te బలము (physical force or strength) · cs elektřina (electricity, electricity supply) · io povo (ability to affect or influence) · kk держава (influential nation, company etc.) · scn putènzia (influential nation, company etc.) · my အာဏာ (control, particularly legal or political) · gl electricidade (electricity, electricity supply) · nl mogendheid (influential nation, company etc.) · vi thế lực (control, particularly legal or political) · hu hatalom (control, particularly legal or political) · ru власть (people in charge of legal or political power) · arz قوة (ability to affect or influence) · th อำนาจ (control, particularly legal or political) · txb warkṣäl (physical force or strength) · sk prúd (electricity, electricity supply) · pt potência (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · ota قوت (physical force or strength) · nl vermogen (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · el μεγεθυντική ικανότητα (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · sw nguvu (physical force or strength) · km អំណាច (ability to affect or influence) · lv elektrība (electricity, electricity supply) · ky энергия (electricity, electricity supply) · de Macht (control, particularly legal or political) · lv vara (control, particularly legal or political) · mhn kròft (ability to affect or influence) · uk поту́жність (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · fi voimakkuus (statistics: probability of correctly rejecting the null hypothesis) · vi quyền lực (ability to affect or influence) · sv ström (electricity, electricity supply) · ext poel (ability to affect or influence) · it potere (ability to affect or influence) · enm empire (control, particularly legal or political) · et võimsus (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · izh ramo (physical force or strength) · nb kraft (physical force or strength) · ko 힘 (ability to affect or influence) · kmr elektrîk (electricity, electricity supply) · el ισχύς (control, particularly legal or political) · sv förstoring (physics: rate to magnify an optical image) · de Kraft (physical force or strength) · gl forza (physical force or strength) · el ρεύμα (electricity, electricity supply) · so xoog (physical force or strength) · ka ძალაუფლება (ability to affect or influence) · es poderío (ability to affect or influence) · lt galia (control, particularly legal or political) · lv spēks (physical force or strength) · ba дәрәжә (maths: product of equal factors) · ka ძალაუფლება (control, particularly legal or political) · uk поту́жність (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · mg herinaratra (electricity, electricity supply) · scn putènzia (physics: measure of the rate of doing work or transferring energy) · ru могущество (control, particularly legal or political) · gd neart (electricity, electricity supply) · ko 전력 (electricity, electricity supply) · gd cumhachd (control, particularly legal or political) · km ការត្រួតត្រា (control, particularly legal or political) · nb potens (maths: product of equal factors) · ja 権力 (ability to affect or influence)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pótis
Proto-Italic *potis
Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
Proto-Indo-European *-t
Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt
Proto-Italic *som
Proto-Italic *possom
Latin posseder.
Vulgar Latin potēre
Old French pooir
Anglo-Norman poerbor.
Middle English power
English power
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.
Meanings
(transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).
This CD player is powered by batteries.
(transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
United keeper Edwin van der Sar was the unlikely provider as his clearance found Rooney, who had got ahead of last defender Richard Dunne, and the forward brilliantly controlled a ball coming from over his shoulder before powering a shot past Brad Friedel. 2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC:
To enable or provide the impetus for.
Abdul Sattar Edhi came to Karachi as a poor man from an Indian village in 1947. Starting with a small pharmacy tent, his work rapidly expanded, powered by donations from ordinary citizens. 2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian:
(intransitive) To move or advance with great force or speed.
Playing with freedom and no fear, Ashleigh Barty has powered into the Australian Open third round without even a coach. Barty clubbed China’s Yafan Wang 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday before revealing she had been largely flying solo during her charge to the last 32 for only the second time. 2019 January 16, “Ashleigh Barty loses coach but wins latest Australian Open encounter”, in The Guardian:
bg захранвам (to provide power for) · fi toimia (to provide power for) · sk napájať (to provide power for) · fr alimenter (to provide power for) · el τροφοδοτώ (to provide power for) · fi survoa (to hit or kick something forcefully) · bg захраня (to provide power for) · mk напојува (to provide power for) · cs pohánět (to provide power for) · bg подпомагам (to enable or provide the impetus for) · it azionare (to enable or provide the impetus for) · tr güç sağlamak (to provide power for) · es alimentar (to provide power for) · bg подкрепя (to enable or provide the impetus for) · el κινώ (to provide power for) · cy pweru (to provide power for) · cs napájet (to provide power for) · bg подпомогна (to enable or provide the impetus for) · hy սնուցել (to provide power for) · it tirare (to hit or kick something forcefully) · fi pamauttaa (to hit or kick something forcefully) · pt alimentar (to provide power for) · bg подкрепям (to enable or provide the impetus for) · es potenciar (to enable or provide the impetus for) · te బలపచు (to provide power for) · it alimentare (to provide power for) · vi nhờ (to enable or provide the impetus for) · pl zasilać (to provide power for) · sl napajati (to provide power for) · nl voeden (to provide power for) · ca alimentar (to provide power for) · ja 供給する (to provide power for)