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power up

power up verb: to turn the electrical power on to a device as a precondition to making it operational.

Verb

power up (third-person singular simple present powers up, present participle powering up, simple past and past participle powered up)

  1. (transitive) To turn the electrical power on to a device as a precondition to making it operational.
    • Every morning he powered up his electronic devices, even before making coffee.
  2. (intransitive) To become ready for operation as a result of the provision of electrical power.
    • The office systems power up automatically at 7:30am on workdays.

power up meaning in Tamil

power up in Tamil

திறன் இணைப்புக் கொடு

Synonyms of power up

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Forms of power up

third-person singular presentpowers up
present participlepowering up
past participlepowered up
pastpowered up

Questions about power up

What does power up mean?
Power up means to turn the electrical power on to a device as a precondition to making it operational.
What is power up in Tamil?
Power up in Tamil is திறன் இணைப்புக் கொடு. See Power up meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is power up?
Power up is a verb.
What is the past tense of power up?
The past tense of power up is powered up.

Words near power up in the dictionary

  1. power trips
  2. power trowel
  3. power trowels
  4. power unit
  5. power units
  6. power up
  7. power user
  8. power users
  9. power vacua
  10. power vacuum
  11. power vacuums

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Adapted from Wiktionary: power up (page history and authors); power up (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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