power

power
noun
1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) kraft; evne
2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; (also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) kraft; -kraft; -drevet
3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) magt
4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) ret
5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) magtfuld person
6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) magt
7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) potens
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- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
- be in power
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noun
1) ((an) ability: A witch has magic power; A cat has the power of seeing in the dark; He no longer has the power to walk.) kraft; evne
2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; (also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) kraft; -kraft; -drevet
3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) magt
4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) ret
5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) magtfuld person
6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) magt
7) (the result obtained by multiplying a number by itself a given number of times: 2 × 2 × 2 or 23 is the third power of 2, or 2 to the power of 3.) potens
•
- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
- be in power

English-Danish dictionary. 2013.

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