"Power" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From power. Head templates: {{en-prop}} Power
  1. A surname. Related terms: Guiting Power Translations (surname): قوة [singular] (Arabic), Power (French), Па́уэр (Páuer) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Power-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames

Noun

Forms: Powers [plural]
Etymology: From power. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Power (plural Powers)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Buttons
    Sense id: en-Power-en-noun-RUMWBOqW Disambiguation of Buttons: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 27 59 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 66 6 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 77

Inflected forms

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        },
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          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Buttons",
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            "Mechanisms",
            "Machines",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        ],
        [
          "console",
          "console"
        ],
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "shut down",
          "shut down"
        ],
        [
          "powered up",
          "power up"
        ]
      ]
    }
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          "ref": "2024 April 11, Jennifer Hansler, “USAID administrator says it is ‘credible’ to assess famine is already occurring in parts of Gaza”, in CNN:",
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          "word": "Па́уэр"
        }
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    "Terms with Arabic translations",
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    }
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        ],
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "قوة"
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      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Power"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "surname",
      "word": "Па́уэр"
    }
  ],
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    "Power (name)"
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}

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