verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
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The board is also empowered to hold such other meetings as it considers appropriate.
■ NOUN
act
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The Workhouse Act of 1723 had empowered parishes to apply a workhouse test by denying relief to those who refused to enter.
court
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Step forward Kenneth Clarke, with plans to empower courts to send offenders to new secure training centres.
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She was not empowered by a court order or conservatorship to place him there.
government
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By Enabling Laws the Reich stag empowered the government to legislate in the name of the Reich stag.
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Emergency regulations empowered the government to declare virtual martial law at will.
people
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It is time to empower elderly people too.
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MSAs empower people with the money they need to make their own health care decisions.
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The question of how to empower those people marginalised through disabilities and learning difficulties is, thus, a central one.
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We shall empower people as citizens and as consumers of public and private services.
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All stand to gain from such legislation and comparative employment law can be used to empower disabled people .
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That's why we aim to empower young people to give them the maximum choice to build their own success.
secretary
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Inspectors are empowered by the Secretary of State to question people and demand to inspect documents.
■ VERB
feel
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She said many people feel empowered by the technology because they can take care of business more efficiently.
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People feel empowered when they feel confident and in control.
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A good preacher sends you out feeling more empowered .
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Employees may return from a seminar or workshop feeling empowered , energetic, creative, and open to new alternatives.
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Then they can cease feeling guilty and start feeling empowered .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A good preacher sends you out feeling more empowered.
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As we accept more responsibility, so we empower and enrich our lives.
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But fundamentally the workers are not empowered, because all these things can be denied at any time.
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The question of how to empower those people marginalised through disabilities and learning difficulties is, thus, a central one.
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They were amazingly empowered by that system.
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To be empowered is to be able to take care of oneself and to have influence on others.
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Yet she still yearned to breathe the empowering air of the entrepreneur.