Definition of POWER
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1a(1)
: ability to act or produce an effect
(2)
: ability to get extra-base hits
(3)
: capacity for being acted upon or undergoing an effect
b
: legal or official authority, capacity, or right
2a
: possession of control, authority, or influence over others
b
: one having such power
specifically
: a sovereign state
d
archaic
: a force of armed men
e
chiefly dialectal
: a large number or quantity
3a
: physical might
b
: mental or moral efficacy
c
: political control or influence
5a
: the number of times as indicated by an exponent that a number occurs as a factor in a product
5 to the third power is 125
also
: the product itself
8 is a power of 2
c
: the time rate at which work is done or energy emitted or transferred
9
: the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when a particular alternative hypothesis happens to be true
powered; powering; powers
1
: to move about by means of motive power
2
: to move with great speed or force
1
: operated mechanically or electrically rather than manually
a car with power locks power tools
2
: of, relating to, or utilizing strength
plays a power game
also
a power critic
3
: of, relating to, or being a meal at which influential people discuss business or politics
a power lunch
References
- ^ establishment (www.merriam-webster.com)
- ^ electricity (www.merriam-webster.com)
- ^ intransitive verb (www.merriam-webster.com)
- ^ powerful sense 1 (www.merriam-webster.com)