# empowering

Pronunciation: US say "im-POW-ur-ing" /ɪmˈpaʊə(ɹ)ɪŋ/; UK say "im-POW-uh-ring" /ɪmˈpaʊəɹɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Acting to give someone greater power, confidence, or control over their own situation and decisions.
   - Simple: Making someone feel stronger, more confident, and more able to control their own life.
   - _The mentor offered empowering advice that helped her trust her own judgment._
   - _Many readers found the memoir deeply empowering._

## Verb

2. Present participle of empower. — present participle and gerund of empower
   - Simple: Present participle of empower. Use this form for the ongoing action of giving someone more power or control.
   - _The charity focuses on empowering refugees through job training and language classes._
   - _The reforms are empowering small farmers to negotiate better prices for their crops._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/empowering (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).