Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [pou]
- /paʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [pou]
- /paʊ/
Definitions of pow word
- noun pow the head; poll. 1
- adjective pow exciting and appealing. 1
- countable noun pow A POW is the same as a prisoner of war. 0
- exclamation pow an exclamation imitative of a collision, explosion, etc 0
- noun pow the head or a head of hair 0
- noun pow a creek or slow stream 0
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Origin of pow
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1880-85
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Pow
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pow popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pow usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pow
noun pow
- authority — The authorities are the people who have the power to make decisions and to make sure that laws are obeyed.
- brute force — physical strength, power
- hardiness — the capacity for enduring or sustaining hardship, privation, etc.; capability of surviving under unfavorable conditions.
- horsepower — a foot-pound-second unit of power, equivalent to 550 foot-pounds per second, or 745.7 watts.
- leg up — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
Antonyms for pow
noun pow
- yielding — inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.
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