Power (word)

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This article is about Power (word). For other uses of the term Power, please see Power (disambiguation).

Power is a wide-ranging English word over-loaded with meanings in several different domains of knowledge. In the year 2000, the American Heritage Dictionary (3rd Ed.) provided sixteen distinct definitions for the English word Power:

  1. The ability or capacity to perform or act effectively.
  2. A specific capacity, faculty or aptitude. Often used in the plural.
  3. Strength or force exerted or capable of being exerted; might. See synonyms at strength.