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poweration

poweration noun: a large amount, a power.

Noun

poweration

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) A large amount, a power.
    • […] he had a poweration of wisdom and learning; he was the greatest […]1804, Sporting Magazine: Or, Monthly Calendar of the Transactions of the Turf, the Chase and Every Other Diversion Interesting to the Man of Pleasure, Enterprize, and Spirit, page 111
    • […] ride out in scarlet with a poweration of gay ladies. The quality then knew 'ow to behave theirselves.1894, The Twentieth Century, page 261

Examples of poweration in a sentence

  • […] a poweration of stuff off Taplow; nowt but a few things for my own pot, which a man's a right to.1939, Edward Joseph O'Brien, John Cournos, The Best British Short Stories of ...:
  • Signed then by a poweration of names nor he nor anyone else had heard of.2002 April 1, Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 502:
  • […] a poweration o' fleas all-along on the kitlings.2023 May 20, Beatrice Knight, Alverstone: A Regency Family Saga of Love and War, Maiden Press, →ISBN, page 343:

Origin of poweration

power + -ation

Questions about poweration

What does poweration mean?
Poweration means a large amount, a power.
How do you use poweration in a sentence?
[…] a poweration of stuff off Taplow; nowt but a few things for my own pot, which a man's a right to.
What part of speech is poweration?
Poweration is a noun.

Words near poweration in the dictionary

  1. power-walking
  2. power-walks
  3. power-wheel
  4. power-wheels
  5. powerable
  6. poweration
  7. powerball
  8. powerballs
  9. powerband
  10. powerbands
  11. powerbank

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