εξουσία — meaning in English

English meaning

• authority noun The power or right to give orders, make decisions, or enforce obedience.
• power noun The ability to do something, or to control and influence people or events.

Senses

εξουσία is used for these senses in English:

• authority (uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
• power (metonymically, chiefly, in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.

authority — full definition

1. noun The power or right to give orders, make decisions, or enforce obedience.
2. noun A person or source widely recognised as an expert on a subject.
3. noun A government body responsible for a particular public service.

power — full definition

1. noun The ability to do something, or to control and influence people or events.
2. noun Physical strength or energy, especially electricity.
3. verb To supply energy to a device so it can run.
4. noun In mathematics, the result of multiplying a number by itself a given number of times.

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