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Meanings of power in English
Ability to influence the behavior of others.
Related terms
A very wealthy or powerful businessman.
Muscular capacity to modify the speed of an external physical object, to deform it or to oppose another force.
Usage of power in English
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In reality, however, Singles' Day demonstrates not consumer power but monopoly power.
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A power problem has caused voting problems in parts of the state.
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Without question, knowledge is power; but access to information is also important.
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However, the jet's auxiliary power unit was able to continue supplying power.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and former colonial power France condemned the violence.
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Electric power projects include nuclear power plants, gas-fired power plants and others.
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However the appeal process was a necessary check on power, he said.
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Have a democratic government come to power that changes every four years?
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Today everyone was asking the same question: What's happened to the power?
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Uncertainty over future carbon costs, and therefore power prices, clouds investment plans.
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Last year, the regulator reversed course, finding Televisa did have market power.
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However, scientists believe power grids and communications systems are potentially at risk.
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Updating tools to assess new forms of market power is tougher, however.
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That takes away the power to use good information to fight back.
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However, Mr Size did not expect there to be a power crisis.
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Eve has great power that she is far too young to understand.
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Power through the time
Power across language varieties
South Africa
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New Zealand
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United States of America
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