power
n 1 uwezo. more ~ to your elbow safi, endelea! ~ boat n (see motor boat). ~ dive n ndege ipigayo mbizi hewani. ~ driven adj -enye nguvu ya injini; -a mitambo/ uwezo. ~ house/station n kituo cha umeme. ~ point n soketi. 2 nguvu. mechanical ~ n uwezo makanika; randa. 3 mamlaka, kazi, amri have somebody in your ~ wa na mamlaka/amri juu ya, weza kudhibiti the party in ~ chama kinachotawala have ~ over miliki, tawala, wa na amri/mamlaka juu ya. 4 (authority) mwenye nguvu, mkubwa the big ~s mataifa makubwa. the ~s that be wenye madaraka/mamlaka. ~ politics n siasa za mabavu. Great P~s n mataifa makubwa. 5 mental ~ akili. 6 mungu, mzimu the ~s of darkness mashetani. 7 (maths) kipeo. 8 madaraka the ~s of the President madaraka ya Rais. 9 mtu/ shirika lenye mamlaka (au uwezo wa kuathiri). 10 (colloq) kiasi kikubwa the holiday did him a ~ of good likizo ilimsaidia sana vt tia nguvu/nishati. powerful adj -enye nguvu, -enye uwezo. powerless adj -sio na nguvu, -sioweza kufanya kitu fulani; dhaifu become ~less potewa nguvu.