power

Meaning

1. The ability to do or undergo something.
2. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
3. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
4. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
5. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
6. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
7. The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
8. Effectiveness.
9. Effectiveness.
10. Effectiveness.
11. Effectiveness.
12. Effectiveness.
13. (colloquial) A large amount or number.
14. 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).
15. A tractor.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. Cardinality.
19. The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
20. In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.

strength

force

ability

major power

electric power

dynamic force

big businessman

physical strength

business leader

top executive

supernatural power

political power

by force

mathematical power

be capable

billystick

birr

magical power

have authority

xeponent

plenary powers

bodily strength

capacity to do harm

engine power

physical power

the higher-ups

energy sources

as in the word

majestic lustre

stun baton

electric force

limits of authority

ton of TNT

be able

capacity factor

competency

electrical power

harmful effect

muscular strength

physical force

Frequency

Hyphenated as

pow‧er

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpaʊ̯ə̯/

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.