powers

2 definitions • 10 examples

authority:

beyond someone's powers You were acting beyond your powers when you agreed to give her a pay rise.

powers to Visitors to the city are respectfully reminded of the council's powers to remove illegally parked vehicles.

Does the court have the powers to force the state to comply with this order?

They are campaigning for stricter limits on police surveillance powers.

Member states of the European Union had to work out how to divide powers between the union and themselves.

abilities:

My mental powers aren't as good as they used to be.

Nobody could doubt her powers as a songwriter.

His teachers quickly noticed that he had tremendous powers of recall.

At that time, the poet was at the height of her powers.

Why don't you use your powers of persuasion to convince them?