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power up

noun, verb — 3 senses

power-up

nounalso spelled power-up

Etymology Calque of Japanese パワーアップ (pawā-appu), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from power + up.

1

Video games An item that alters the game in a positive way once that item is used.

power up

verb
1

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

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.
Synonyms
boot up
Antonyms
power down
Related terms
fire up, warm up

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for power-up and power up.