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powering on

powering on is the present participle and gerund of power on.

Meaning of power on

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To turn on (an electrical device).

Questions about powering on

What is powering on the present participle and gerund of?
Powering on is the present participle and gerund of power on.

Words near powering on in the dictionary

  1. powerhouses
  2. powering
  3. powering ahead
  4. powering down
  5. powering off
  6. powering on
  7. powering up
  8. powerish
  9. powerism
  10. powerist
  11. powerists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: powering on (page history and authors); power on (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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