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empowerempower /ɪmˈpaʊɚ/ ●○○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLEempower |
Present | I, you, we, they | empower | | he, she, it | empowers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | empowered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have empowered | | he, she, it | has empowered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had empowered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will empower | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have empowered |
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Present | I | am empowering | | he, she, it | is empowering | | you, we, they | are empowering | Past | I, he, she, it | was empowering | | you, we, they | were empowering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been empowering | | he, she, it | has been empowering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been empowering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be empowering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been empowering |
1to give someone more control over his or her own life or situation: laws that empower minority groups2empower somebody to do something to give a person or organization the official power or legal right to do something: be empowered to do something The president is empowered to appoint judges to the Supreme Court.—empowerment noun [uncountable] |