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власть — meaning in English

vlast

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English meaning

  • ascendancy noun The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  • authority noun The power or right to give orders, make decisions, or enforce obedience.
  • control verb To direct or influence the behavior of someone or something.
  • dominion noun Supreme power or authority over a territory or group of people.
  • force noun Strength or power exerted to move, influence, or affect something.
  • mastery noun Complete or expert skill and knowledge of a subject.
  • power noun The ability to do something, or to control and influence people or events.
  • sway verb To move slowly and rhythmically from side to side.

Senses

власть is used for these senses in English:

  • ascendancy The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  • authority (uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules, give orders, or impose obligation; or a position having such power or right.
  • control (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
  • dominion Power or the use of power; sovereignty over something; stewardship, supremacy.
  • force (legal, uncountable) The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.
  • mastery The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority.
  • power (metonymically, chiefly, in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.
  • power The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.

ascendancy — full definition

  1. noun The quality of being in the ascendant; dominant control, supremacy.
  2. noun Ellipsis of Protestant Ascendancy, a class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century.
  3. noun A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.

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.

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