Synonym: authority, command, control, dominion, energy, force, influence, mastery, might, potency, right, strength, vigor. Similar words: shower, tower, lower, glower, powder, towel, however, fewer. Meaning: ['paʊə(r)] n. 1. possession of controlling influence 2. (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second) 3. possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done 4. a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world 5. (of a government or government official) holding an office means being in power 6. one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority 7. physical strength 8. a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself 9. a very wealthy or powerful businessman. v. supply the force or power for the functioning of.
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121. Someone who lacks staying power and persistence is unlikely to make a good researcher.
122. They are demanding an end to the Communist Party's monopoly of power .
123. Disconnect the power source from the computer before opening the back.
124. The power of the wind is at your command.The balance of power must be preserved.
125. How would you feel about them building a nuclear power station in your backyard?
126. They were virtually impotent against the power of the large companies.
127. With equal passion I have sought knowledge. I have wished to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why the stars shine. And I have tried to apprehend the Pythagorean power by which number holds sway above the flux. A little of this, but not much, I have achieved.
128. The EU commission exercised its power to override British policy.
129. We all felt that the chairman had too much power.
130. There has been an appreciable drop in the number of unemployed since the new government came to power.
131. The Ministry of Defence has the power of veto over all British arms exports.
132. The king is trying to centralise all power in his own hands.
133. His presence should fill the power vacuum which has been developing over the past few days.
134. The vice-president took power in the interim period before the election.
135. I've no power over him - he does what he wants to.
136. Scientists say there is no convincing evidence that power lines have anything to do with cancer.
137. The purchasing power of people living on investment income has fallen as interest rates have gone down.
138. The Council of Ministers is the real power in the EEC.
139. Conviction is everything in wishing. If you don't believe in your own power to make your wish come true, your wish will fly away, never to be seen again. But which leads to the most important point of all. If you're wishing for something possible, then it may be possible for you to do whatever you need to make it come true. The ultimate magic is not wishing, but doing.
140. The aim is to give people more power over their own lives.
141. He grandly declared that "international politics is a struggle for power".
142. He conceived the idea of transforming the old power station into an arts centre.
143. They're going to build on the site of the old power station.
144. Her main/prime objective now is simply to stay in power.
145. A stronger European Parliament would, they fear,(http://sentencedict.com/power.html) only reinforce the power of the larger countries.
146. It was time to hand over the reins of power .
147. If college degrees remain an entree to wealth and status in the 21st century, males may have to get used to the same second-class status that American women so long endured, as highly educated females become the majority among the nation's intellectual, economic, and even power elite.
148. Would you say that he was motivated solely by a desire for power?
149. The aircraft hadn't enough power to get off the ground.
150. Man is a born child, his power is the power of growth.