power
A2Frequent NGSL-1UK /ˈpaʊə(r)/US /ˈpaʊər/
Meaning
noun
the ability to control people or things
“power to do something, He has the power to make things very unpleasant for us.”
verb
to supply a machine or vehicle with the energy that makes it work
“be powered (by something), The aircraft is powered by a jet engine.”
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“I study prejudice, and I teach at a competitive business school, so it was inevitable that I would become interested in power dynamics.”
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“In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.”
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“computing power than your cell phone um”
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