power
power
paʊər
pawēr
/ˈpaʊə/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "power"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

the ability to control or have an effect on things or people
power definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She used her power to help others in need.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

the ability to do or achieve something
power definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Renewable energy sources have the power to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.
āύāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻžāĻļā§āĻŽ āĻœā§āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰāϤāĻž āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž

the ability to exert force or perform physically demanding tasks
power definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her power and endurance helped her win the marathon.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻšāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĨāύ āϜāĻŋāϤāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž

the energy that is obtained through different means, such as electrical or solar, to operate different equipment or machines
power definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Engineers are developing new ways to generate power from renewable sources.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ⧀āϰāĻž āύāĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ⧇āϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

electrical energy used to light, heat, and run devices
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The blackout left the entire neighborhood without power for hours.
āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•āφāωāϟ āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧋ āĻāϞāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϕ⧇ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯ā§ā§Ž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

(physics) the measure of the rate at which work is done, and is typically measured in watts, which are equivalent to joules per second
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The light bulb consumes 60 watts of power.
āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŦāϟāĻŋ 60 āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϟ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

(mathematics) the exponent in an expression, indicating how many times a base is multiplied by itself
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
To find the power of 2 in 2 ^ 5, we see the power is 5.
2^5-āĻ 2-āĻāϰ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋ āϝ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ 5āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

a person or entity that holds significant influence or authority over others
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mayor is a power in local politics, shaping many key decisions.
āĻŽā§‡āϝāĻŧāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

a nation with significant influence and authority on a global scale
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
China has emerged as a power with a strong global presence.
āĻšā§€āύ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇ āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§€ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to supply with the needed energy to make something work
to power definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The battery in my laptop can power it for up to 10 hours on a single charge.

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