power

power
['pauə(r)]
n
(control) władza f; (ability) (of speech etc) zdolność f; (legal right) uprawnienie nt; (of engine, electricity) moc f; (strength) (lit, fig) siła f

two to the power of three — dwa do potęgi trzeciej

she did everything in her power to help — zrobiła wszystko, co było w jej mocy, by pomóc

a world power — światowe mocarstwo

the powers that be — ci na górze (inf)

to be in power — być u władzy

to turn the power on — włączać (włączyć perf) zasilanie

* * *
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.) zdolność
2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; (also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) siła
3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) władza
4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) upoważnienie
5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) wpływowa osobistość
6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) mocarstwo
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.) potęga
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- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
- be in power

English-Polish dictionary. 2013.

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