“Powers” is a form of
power
/ˈpaʊ̯ə̯/ noun, verb, adjective, interjection, proper noun
Forms powers powering powered powre
- noun The ability to do or undergo something. “He has lost the power to speak.”
- noun (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
- noun (countable) The ability to affect or influence. “the power of the written word”
- noun The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere. “He's nominally president, but he does not have any real power.”
- noun (metonymic, chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
- noun (metonymic) A strong or influential nation, company, or other such body. “In the 19th century, Britain and France were major colonial powers.”
- noun (metonymic, archaic) An army, a military force.
- noun Physical force or strength. “He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium.”
- verb (transitive) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device). “This CD player is powered by batteries.”
- verb (transitive) To hit or kick something forcefully.
- verb To enable or provide the impetus for.
- verb (intransitive) To move or advance with great force or speed.
- adjective (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) Impressive.
- interjection (Philippines, colloquial) Used as a cheer to express support
- noun A button of a computer, a video game console, or similar device, that when pressed, causes the device to be either shut down or powered up.
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
kick powers that be steam aptitude arm authority capability capacity clout command competence competency control dominion energy force grip hold influence main powerfulness ability office exponent index might mightiness world power major power great power
Antonyms
Etymology
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.
From power.
* Habitational, from Old French Poer, Pohier, Middle English Poer, Pouer, Power, after the Pays de Poix (Picardy).
* From Middle English povre (“poor”) as a nickname for a poor man or ironically a miser. Compare Poor.
Webster’s 1913
- noun Same as Poor, the fish.
- noun Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent; the faculty of doing or performing something; capacity for action or performance; capability of producing an effect, whether physical or moral: potency; might; as, a man of great power; the power of capillary attraction; money gives power. "One next himself in power, and next in crime." Milton.
- noun Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted; strength, force, or energy in action; as, the power of steam in moving an engine; the power of truth, or of argument, in producing conviction; the power of enthusiasm. "The power of fancy." Shak.
Etymology [OE. pouer, poer, OF. poeir, pooir, F. pouvoir, n. & v., fr. LL. potere, for L. posse, potesse, to be able, to have power. See Possible, Potent, and cf. Posse comitatus.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “power”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details