power

Pronunciation: ['pauә]

Average Rank: 341

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 力, 体力, 力量, 势力, 动力, 权力, 强国, 乘方, 强度, 幂, 功率 vt. 使...有力量, 供以动力, 激励 [计] 乘幂; DOS外部命令:能控制许多电池电源计算机上的电源管理特性

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. possession of controlling influence
  • n. (physics) the rate of doing work; measured in watts (= joules/second)
  • n. one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
  • v. supply the force or power for the functioning of
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk cet4 ky ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: powers
Past Participle: powered
Past: powered
3rd Person: powers
Present Participle: powering

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#125

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.8% (Top 98.8% most frequent)
98.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#637

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 93.6% (Top 93.6% most frequent)
93.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#260

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.4% (Top 97.4% most frequent)
97.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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