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Type Words
Synonyms electrical energy, electricity
Type of free energy, energy
Has types dc, ac, direct electric current, signal, direct current, alternating current, alternating electric current


The power went oout around midnight.
Type Words
Synonyms office
Type of state
Has types war power, executive clemency


during his first year in power.
the power of the president.
Type Words
Synonyms great power, major power, superpower, world power
Type of commonwealth, land, country, body politic, res publica, nation, state
Has types hegemon
Type Words
Synonyms exponent, index
Type of mathematical notation
Has types logarithm, degree, log
Type Words
Synonyms baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, top executive, tycoon
Type of man of affairs, businessman
Has types oil tycoon
Type Words
Synonyms ability
Type of noesis, cognition, knowledge
Has types skill, hand, intelligence, know-how, leadership, creativity, creativeness, mental ability, mental faculty, module, creative thinking, originality, capacity, science, bilingualism, faculty, attainment, aptitude, acquisition, acquirement, superior skill, accomplishment


danger heightened his powers of discrimination.
Type Words
Synonyms powerfulness
Type of quality
Has types sway, throttlehold, valence, valency, veto, effectualness, free will, influence, effectivity, interest, interestingness, control, effectuality, effectiveness, legal power, stranglehold, disposal, strength, discretion, repellent, irresistibleness, jurisdiction, chokehold, irresistibility, persuasiveness, potency, preponderance, puissance, repellant


the deterrent power of nuclear weapons.
the power of his love saved her.
his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade.
Type Words
Synonyms force
Type of causal agent, cause, causal agency
Has types steamroller, moloch, influence, juggernaut


the mysterious presence of an evil power.
Type Words
Synonyms might, mightiness
Type of strength
Type Words
Type of physical phenomenon
Has types electrical power, waterpower, electric power, wattage
Type Words
Type of provide, supply, ply, cater
Has types drive


The gasoline powers the engines.

Examples of power

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These maps are the key to who will hold how much power in Illinois for 10 years.
From the dailyherald.com
The Avs converted a little more than three minutes into the extended power play.
From the stltoday.com
The Blues allowed five power-play goals on 11 chances against on the West Coast.
From the stltoday.com
Lawmakers have made plain they don't intend to give up their rate-setting power.
From the newsday.com
A power failure caused valves to a storage tank to open and the tank overfilled.
From the thenewstribune.com
Atlanta took advantage of the momentum swing, scoring on the ensuing power play.
From the usatoday.com
Her family experienced God's power at one of the darkest moments of their lives.
From the washingtontimes.com
Sudan's president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, took power in a military coup in 1989.
From the sacbee.com
Trains had stopped, power was out and her host family was unable to pick her up.
From the thenewstribune.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • Supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"
  • (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
  • Ability: possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
  • Office: (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"
  • 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"
  • Girl Got Game, originally published in Japan as Power!!, is a manga series written and illustrated by Shizuru Seino. Originally serialized in Bessatsu Friend from 1999 until 2002, the individual chapters have been collected and published in ten tanku014Dbon volumes by Kodansha...
  • POWER is a RISC instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by IBM. The name is an acronym for Performance Optimization With Enhanced RISC.
  • Power! (known as Critical Mass in Europe) is a computer game developed by Accolade in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.