"power up" meaning in All languages combined

See power up on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: powers up [present, singular, third-person], powering up [participle, present], powered up [participle, past], powered up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} power up (third-person singular simple present powers up, present participle powering up, simple past and past participle powered up)
  1. (transitive) To turn the electrical power on to a device as a precondition to making it operational. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-power_up-en-verb-gvPT-~ne Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23
  2. (intransitive) To become ready for operation as a result of the provision of electrical power. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-power_up-en-verb-nJzr8aim
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boot up Related terms: fire up, warm up

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "power down"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "powers up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "powering up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "powered up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "powered up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "power up (third-person singular simple present powers up, present participle powering up, simple past and past participle powered up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "fire up"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "warm up"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "71 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Every morning he powered up his electronic devices, even before making coffee.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To turn the electrical power on to a device as a precondition to making it operational."
      ],
      "id": "en-power_up-en-verb-gvPT-~ne",
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn on"
        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "turn on"
        ],
        [
          "precondition",
          "precondition"
        ],
        [
          "operational",
          "operational"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To turn the electrical power on to a device as a precondition to making it operational."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The office systems power up automatically at 7:30am on workdays.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become ready for operation as a result of the provision of electrical power."
      ],
      "id": "en-power_up-en-verb-nJzr8aim",
      "links": [
        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
        ],
        [
          "operation",
          "operation"
        ],
        [
          "provision",
          "provision"
        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become ready for operation as a result of the provision of electrical power."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "50 50",
      "word": "boot up"
    }
  ],
  "word": "power up"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "power down"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English phrasal verbs",
    "English phrasal verbs formed with \"up\"",
    "English verbs",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "powers up",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "powering up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "powered up",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "powered up",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "power up (third-person singular simple present powers up, present participle powering up, simple past and past participle powered up)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fire up"
    },
    {
      "word": "warm up"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Every morning he powered up his electronic devices, even before making coffee.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To turn the electrical power on to a device as a precondition to making it operational."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "turn",
          "turn on"
        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "on",
          "turn on"
        ],
        [
          "precondition",
          "precondition"
        ],
        [
          "operational",
          "operational"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To turn the electrical power on to a device as a precondition to making it operational."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The office systems power up automatically at 7:30am on workdays.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To become ready for operation as a result of the provision of electrical power."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ready",
          "ready"
        ],
        [
          "operation",
          "operation"
        ],
        [
          "provision",
          "provision"
        ],
        [
          "electrical",
          "electrical"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To become ready for operation as a result of the provision of electrical power."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "boot up"
    }
  ],
  "word": "power up"
}

Download raw JSONL data for power up meaning in All languages combined (2.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.