Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to power
Participle: powered
Gerund: powering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | power |
| you | power |
| he;she;it | powers |
| we | power |
| you | power |
| they | power |
Perfect
| I | have powered |
| you | have powered |
| he;she;it | has powered |
| we | have powered |
| you | have powered |
| they | have powered |
Past
| I | powered |
| you | powered |
| he;she;it | powered |
| we | powered |
| you | powered |
| they | powered |
Pluperfect
| I | had powered |
| you | had powered |
| he;she;it | had powered |
| we | had powered |
| you | had powered |
| they | had powered |
Future
| I | will power |
| you | will power |
| he;she;it | will power |
| we | will power |
| you | will power |
| they | will power |
Future Perfect
| I | will have powered |
| you | will have powered |
| he;she;it | will have powered |
| we | will have powered |
| you | will have powered |
| they | will have powered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | power |
| you | power |
| he;she;it | power |
| we | power |
| you | power |
| they | power |
Perfect
| I | have powered |
| you | have powered |
| he;she;it | have powered |
| we | have powered |
| you | have powered |
| they | have powered |
Imperfect
| I | powered |
| you | powered |
| he;she;it | powered |
| we | powered |
| you | powered |
| they | powered |
Pluperfect
| I | had powered |
| you | had powered |
| he;she;it | had powered |
| we | had powered |
| you | had powered |
| they | had powered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would power |
| you | would power |
| he;she;it | would power |
| we | would power |
| you | would power |
| they | would power |
Perfect
| I | would have powered |
| you | would have powered |
| he;she;it | would have powered |
| we | would have powered |
| you | would have powered |
| they | would have powered |
Imperative
| you | power |
| we | Let's power |
| you | power |
Verbs conjugated like 'power'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'power'
bower,
cower,
dower,
lower,
powder,
powter,
tower,
bepower,
bowe,
bowel,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *pótis
3. Proto-Italic *potis
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-
5. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti
6. Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH-
7. Proto-Indo-European *-t
8. Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt
9. Proto-Italic *som
10. Proto-Italic *possom
11. Latin posseder.
12. Vulgar Latin potēre
13. Old French pooir
14. Anglo-Norman poerbor.
15. Middle English power
16. English power
17. From Middle English power, poer, from Old French poeir, from Vulgar Latin potēre, from Latin posse, whence English potent. Compare French pouvoir. Displaced the native Old English anweald. See: Old French '
poeir', Latin '
possum', French '
pouvoir'.
Verbs referencing "power"
French
pouvoir, Esperanto
povi.
Sample Sentences
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This CD player is powered by batteries.
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United keeper Edwin van der Sar was the unlikely provider as his clearance found Rooney, who had got ahead of last defender Richard Dunne, and the forward brilliantly controlled a ball coming from over his shoulder before powering a shot past Brad Friedel. [2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC:]
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Abdul Sattar Edhi came to Karachi as a poor man from an Indian village in 1947. Starting with a small pharmacy tent, his work rapidly expanded, powered by donations from ordinary citizens. [2017 April 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian:]
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Playing with freedom and no fear, Ashleigh Barty has powered into the Australian Open third round without even a coach. Barty clubbed China’s Yafan Wang 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday before revealing she had been largely flying solo during her charge to the last 32 for only the second time. [2019 January 16, “Ashleigh Barty loses coach but wins latest Australian Open encounter”, in The Guardian:]