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Meanings of power in English

Russian
установленная мощность
Portuguese
potencia
Spanish
potencia
Catalan
potència
Wikidata

Rate at which energy is transferred, used, or transformed.

        установленная мощность
        Russian
        начальство
        Portuguese
        poder
        Spanish
        poder
        Catalan
        poder
        Wikidata

        Ability to influence the behavior of others.

            Related terms
            начальство
            Portuguese
            magnata
            Catalan
            potentat
            Spanish
            magnate

            A very wealthy or powerful businessman.

                magnata
                Portuguese
                força
                Catalan
                poder
                Spanish
                poder

                Muscular capacity to modify the speed of an external physical object, to deform it or to oppose another force.

                      força
                      Usage of power in English
                      1
                      In reality, however, Singles' Day demonstrates not consumer power but monopoly power.
                      Reuters
                      2
                      A power problem has caused voting problems in parts of the state.
                      BBC
                      3
                      Without question, knowledge is power; but access to information is also important.
                      Ebony
                      4
                      However, the jet's auxiliary power unit was able to continue supplying power.
                      The Guardian
                      5
                      U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former colonial power France condemned the violence.
                      Reuters
                      6
                      Electric power projects include nuclear power plants, gas-fired power plants and others.
                      Reuters
                      7
                      However the appeal process was a necessary check on power, he said.
                      Radio NZ
                      8
                      Have a democratic government come to power that changes every four years?
                      Reuters
                      9
                      Today everyone was asking the same question: What's happened to the power?
                      Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
                      10
                      Uncertainty over future carbon costs, and therefore power prices, clouds investment plans.
                      Reuters
                      11
                      Last year, the regulator reversed course, finding Televisa did have market power.
                      Reuters
                      12
                      However, scientists believe power grids and communications systems are potentially at risk.
                      BBC
                      13
                      Updating tools to assess new forms of market power is tougher, however.
                      Reuters
                      14
                      That takes away the power to use good information to fight back.
                      Wired
                      15
                      However, Mr Size did not expect there to be a power crisis.
                      Radio NZ
                      16
                      Eve has great power that she is far too young to understand.
                      Sanctuary