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1 power
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.) moc; schopnosť; kompetencia2) (strength, force or energy: muscle power; water-power; ( also adjective) a power tool (=a tool operated by electricity etc. not by hand).) sila; mechanický3) (authority or control: political groups fighting for power; How much power does the Queen have?; I have him in my power at last) moc4) (a right belonging to eg a person in authority: The police have the power of arrest.) právomoc5) (a person with great authority or influence: He is quite a power in the town.) vplyvná osobnosť6) (a strong and influential country: the Western powers.) mocnosť7) (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.) mocnina•- powered- powerful
- powerfully
- powerfulness
- powerless
- powerlessness
- power cut
- failure
- power-driven
- power point
- power station
- be in power* * *• výkon• schopnost• sila• energia• mocnost• mohutnost• moc• mocnina -
2 ascendancy/ascendency
noun (control or power (over): They have the ascendancy over the other political groups.) nadvláda -
3 censor
['sensə] 1. noun1) (an official who examines films etc and has the power to remove any of the contents which might offend people: Part of his film has been banned by the censor.) cenzor, -ka2) (an official (eg in the army) who examines letters etc and removes information which the authorities do not wish to be made public for political reasons etc.) cenzor, -ka2. verbThis film has been censored; The soldiers' letters are censored.) cenzurovať- censorship* * *• cenzor
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power — pow|er1 W1S1 [ˈpauə US paur] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(control)¦ 2¦(government)¦ 3¦(influence)¦ 4¦(right/authority)¦ 5¦(ability)¦ 6¦(energy)¦ 7 earning/purchasing/bargaining etc power 8¦(strength)¦ 9¦(electricity)¦ 10 air/sea p … Dictionary of contemporary English
