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"84 16", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "felhatalmaz" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "dare potere" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "permettere" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "whakamana" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "bemyndige" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "dar poderes a" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "upolnomóčivatʹ", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "уполномо́чивать" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "predostavljátʹ právo", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "предоставля́ть пра́во" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "apoderar" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "dar permiso" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "bemyndiga" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "befullmäktiga" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "tillåta" }, { "_dis1": "84 16", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "berättiga" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "55 45", "kind": "other", "name": "English terms prefixed with en-", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations." }, { "ref": "1992, Nick Logan, The Face, page 11-130", "text": "Musically, what originally attracted me to dance 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"translations": [ { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "賦予…的力量" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fùyǔ…de lìliàng", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "赋予…的力量" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "賦能" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fùnéng", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "赋能" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "bemoedigen" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "väestama" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "võimestama" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "voimaannuttaa" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "encapaciter" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "afoutar" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "afiuzar" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "alumiñar" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "gracir" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "parécho", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "παρέχω" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "megerősít" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "incoraggiare" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "sostenere" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "whakamana" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "whakamanawa" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "inspirar a" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "facultar" }, { "_dis1": "20 80", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "stärka" } ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ɪmˈpaʊə(ɹ)/" }, { "ipa": "/ɛmˈpaʊə(ɹ)/" }, { "rhymes": "-aʊə(ɹ)" }, { "audio": "en-us-empower.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/52/En-us-empower.ogg/En-us-empower.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/En-us-empower.ogg", "tags": [ "US" ], "text": "Audio (US)" } ], "synonyms": [ { "_dis1": "0 0", "tags": [ "archaic" ], "word": "empowre" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "tags": [ "archaic" ], "word": "impower" }, { "_dis1": "0 0", "tags": [ "obsolete" ], "word": "impowre" } ], "wikipedia": [ "empower" ], "word": "empower" }
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], "examples": [ { "text": "John found that starting up his own business empowered him greatly in social situations." }, { "ref": "1992, Nick Logan, The Face, page 11-130", "text": "Musically, what originally attracted me to dance was its shamanist aspects, using natural magic to change people's neurological states and to psychologically empower them.", "type": "quotation" }, { "ref": "2021 November 17, Davie Carns, “Addressing the skills gap”, in RAIL, number 944, page 62", "text": "This side of the training is effective in empowering employees to make better decisions on site, and helps to improve employee retention.", "type": "quotation" } ], "glosses": [ "To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation." ], "links": [ [ "confidence", "confidence" ], [ "strength", "strength" ] ], "raw_glosses": [ "(transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by 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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "授權" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "shòuquán", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "授权" }, { "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "zmocnit" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "volmacht geven" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "machtigen" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "valtuuttaa" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "autoriser" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "autorizar" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "facultar" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "gornecer" }, { "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "bevollmächtigen" }, { "code": "de", "english": "to zu", "lang": "German", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "ermächtigen" }, { "code": "de", "english": "to zu", "lang": "German", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "befähigen" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "exousiodotó", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "εξουσιοδοτώ" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "felhatalmaz" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "dare potere" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "permettere" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "whakamana" }, { "code": "no", "lang": "Norwegian", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "bemyndige" }, { "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "dar poderes a" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "upolnomóčivatʹ", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "уполномо́чивать" }, { "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "predostavljátʹ právo", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "предоставля́ть пра́во" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "apoderar" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "dar permiso" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "bemyndiga" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "befullmäktiga" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "tillåta" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to give permission to", "word": "berättiga" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "賦予…的力量" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fùyǔ…de lìliàng", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "赋予…的力量" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "賦能" }, { "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "fùnéng", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "赋能" }, { "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "bemoedigen" }, { "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "väestama" }, { "code": "et", "lang": "Estonian", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "võimestama" }, { "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "voimaannuttaa" }, { "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "encapaciter" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "afoutar" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "afiuzar" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "alumiñar" }, { "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "gracir" }, { "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "parécho", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "παρέχω" }, { "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "megerősít" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "incoraggiare" }, { "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "sostenere" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "whakamana" }, { "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "whakamanawa" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "inspirar a" }, { "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "facultar" }, { "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to give confidence and/or strength to", "word": "stärka" } ], "wikipedia": [ "empower" ], "word": "empower" }
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