Someone with power has physical strength or they're in control of things. So a weakling who's in charge of a business still has a lot of power.
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Noun
physical strength
Noun
possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"
Noun
possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done; "danger heightened his powers of discrimination"
Noun
a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself
Noun
a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
Noun
a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"
Noun
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority; "the mysterious presence of an evil power"; "may the force be with you"; "the forces of evil"
Noun
(physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
Noun
(of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power; "being in office already gives a candidate a great advantage"; "during his first year in office"; "during his first year in power"; "the power of the president"
Verb
supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"
n.
Same as Poor, the fish.
n.
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.
n.
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.
n.
Capacity of undergoing or suffering; fitness to be acted
upon; susceptibility; -- called also passive power; as, great power of
endurance.
n.
The exercise of a faculty; the employment of strength; the
exercise of any kind of control; influence; dominion; sway; command;
government.
n.
The agent exercising an ability to act; an individual
invested with authority; an institution, or government, which exercises
control; as, the great powers of Europe; hence, often, a superhuman
agent; a spirit; a divinity.
n.
A military or naval force; an army or navy; a great host.
n.
A large quantity; a great number; as, a power o/ good
things.
n.
The rate at which mechanical energy is exerted or mechanical
work performed, as by an engine or other machine, or an animal, working
continuously; as, an engine of twenty horse power.
n.
A mechanical agent; that from which useful mechanical energy
is derived; as, water power; steam power; hand power, etc.
n.
Applied force; force producing motion or pressure; as, the
power applied at one and of a lever to lift a weight at the other end.
n.
A machine acted upon by an animal, and serving as a motor to
drive other machinery; as, a dog power.
n.
The product arising from the multiplication of a number into
itself; as, a square is the second power, and a cube is third power, of
a number.
n.
Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which
are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking,
reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc.
n.
The degree to which a lens, mirror, or any optical
instrument, magnifies; in the telescope, and usually in the microscope,
the number of times it multiplies, or augments, the apparent diameter
of an object; sometimes, in microscopes, the number of times it
multiplies the apparent surface.
n.
An authority enabling a person to dispose of an interest
vested either in himself or in another person; ownership by
appointment.
n.
Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the
business was referred to a committee with power.
Power
Power
Power, then, is active and passive; faculty is active power or capacity; capacity is passive power.4.
Power is no blessing in itself but when it is employed to protect the innocent.5.
And the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.6.
Never such a power . . . Was levied in the body of a land.7.
The guiltiness of my mind, the sudden surprise of my powers, drove the grossness . . . into a received belief.11.
Same as
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;
Usage Examples
A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.
A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless in his use of deceit or violence to attain his ends.
A man's true state of power and riches is to be in himself.
A man who lives right, and is right, has more power in his silence than another has by his words.
'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.
A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.
A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books.
A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.
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Other Usage Examples'Charm' - which means the power to effect work without employing brute force - is indispensable to women. Charm is a woman's strength just as strength is a man's charm.
A reform is a correction of abuses a revolution is a transfer of power.
A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster.
A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.
A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.
A cult is a religion with no political power.
A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.
A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that.
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