EMPOWER


Meaning of EMPOWER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmpaʊə(r) ]

( empowers, empowering, empowered)

1.

If someone is empowered to do something, they have the authority or power to do it. ( FORMAL )

The army is now empowered to operate on a shoot-to-kill basis...

= authorize

VERB : be V-ed to-inf

2.

To empower someone means to give them the means to achieve something, for example to become stronger or more successful.

What I’m trying to do is to empower people, to give them ways to help them get well.

VERB : V n

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