POWER UP meaning: Increase energy or capabilities temporarily

We found 20 dictionaries that define the word power up:

General (12 matching dictionaries)

power up: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
power-up, power up: Merriam-Webster
power-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
power up: Collins English Dictionary
Power-Up, power-up: Wordnik
power (sth) up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
power-up, power up: Wiktionary
power up: Dictionary.com
Power-Up (book), Power Up (song), Power Up, Power-up, Power up: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
power up: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)

POWER UP: Legal dictionary

Computing (4 matching dictionaries)

power up: Netlingo
power up: CCI Computer
Power-Up: Game Dictionary
power up: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

POWER UP: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

power up: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

power up: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (power up)

▸ verb: (transitive) To turn the electrical power on to a device as a precondition to making it operational.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To become ready for operation as a result of the provision of electrical power.

Similar:

power on, turn on, bring up, energize, switch on, enable, come on, power, have on, spin up, more...

Opposite:

power down, shut down, turn off, deactivate

Types:

1-up, extrlife, speed boost, invisibility, triple shot, laser sight, more...

Phrases:

rare power up, more...

Adjectives:

upstart, outdrawn, open, inosculate, put out, alight, set up, on, upcast, scrub, overture

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