Power

Quick meaning: Power is a noun meaning The ability to do or undergo something.

Meaning

The ability to do or undergo something.

More Meanings

1. (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
2. (physical, uncountable) Strength, energy.
3. (colloquial, dated outside the phrase 'power of good') A large amount or number.
4. (trucking) A tractor.
5. 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).
6. (physics, mechanics) 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.
7. 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.

Example Sentences

do a power of good

He has lost the power to speak.

what a power of languages he knew

All the other children are making a power of noise

Word Forms

• powers
• powre
• powering
• powered

Synonyms for power

Depending on context, synonyms include aptitude, arm, authority, capability, capacity, clout.

Antonyms for power

Common opposites include impotence, weakness, inability, impotency, powerlessness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include might, powerfulness, force, potency, ability, mightiness.

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