empowered

Pluralempowereds

1. 1
   adjectiveUS

   Able to make your own choices because someone has given you the power.

   Like being given the keys to a car so you can decide where to drive.

   The new policy left employees feeling empowered to solve problems on their own.

   She felt empowered after the workshop and started speaking up at the meeting.

   Similaremboldened, enabled, confident

   Oppositepowerless, helpless

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2. 2
   adjectiveUS

   Acting with strong confidence and a sense of control over your life.

   Like standing tall and sure, the way you feel right after winning a game.

   After winning the case, she felt empowered and unstoppable.

   He gave an empowered presentation that won over the investors.

   Similarconfident, self-assured, assured, assertive

   Oppositetimid, insecure, diffident

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3. 3
   adjective

   Given official power or the right to do something.

   Like a referee who is allowed to make calls during a game.

   The committee was empowered to approve budgets on its own.

   An empowered agent can sign contracts for the company.

   Similarauthorized, entitled, permitted, mandated

   Oppositeunauthorized

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4. 4
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of empower. Use it for something that already happened.

   The new law empowered local councils to set their own rules.

   The grant empowered the charity to expand its services.

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5. 5
   nouncountable

   A person who has been given power, such as control over their own life or, in stories, special powers.

   In the comic book, the empowereds could fly, lift cars, and read minds.

   Some people say only the empowered get heard at town meetings.

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