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UK
/ɛmpˈaʊɐ/
]
[ US /ɪmˈpaʊɝ/ ]
[ US /ɪmˈpaʊɝ/ ]
VERB
- give qualities or abilities to
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give or delegate power or authority to
She authorized her assistant to sign the papers
How To Use empower In A Sentence
- ElBruce says: drhunt1 says: but empowering people to be self-sufficient and self-reliant is THE best form od “advocacy for minorities”. Think Progress » Kansas Attorney General Refuses To Sue Federal Government Over Health Care Reform
- At this level, delayering is accompanied by the need for self-supervision by work groups (sometimes called their empowerment).
- This landmark and laudable legislative step would go a long way in women empowerment and gender equality.
- This sort of decentralising of empowerment would be welcome if it was not for the government's ambitious home-building programme. Further urban sprawl solves nothing | Editorial
- I was so enthusiastic about working out in the world again, doing something imaginative that empowered me. Mothers who Leave
- That they are gaining headlines for their attire will seem a case of commercial savvy and female empowerment. Times, Sunday Times
- I cannot accept the approach that cisgendered women's feminist empowerment would be threatened by accepting that there are (many) transgendered women that are as much female as any other woman.
- I am not a fortune teller, but a true clairvoyant, I will help you to find your direction in a way that will leave you empowered and positive.
- They could produce a chilling effect on press freedom, empowering only the company with bottomless pockets and the rich individual with a limitless appetite for complaints. Times, Sunday Times
- Giving them such empowerment is really investing in viable business capable of making long life profits.