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magical power

magical power

8 7.2
Ability to make things happen in ways that break natural rules
  • noun
  • /ˈmædʒɪkəl ˈpaʊər/
translation icon : poder mágico
  • The other ladies all agreed and summoned a priest famed for his great magical powers.
  • possess magical power
  • believe you have magical power
  • great magical power

There are certain things that once had magical power that no longer do.

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Examples

  • So the city really runs off of the magical powers of its citizens.

  • My neighbor Grant, he has some amazing magical powers.

  • There are certain things that once had magical power that no longer do.

  • Now... do you believe that some people have magical powers?

  • Is that another one of your magical powers?

  • One born with magical powers.

  • And he'll use his magical powers to help me do math.

  • You may not realize it, but you have true, magical powers.

  • Aibileen's magical power is making young white children feel good about themselves.

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  • The magician demonstrated his magical power by making the rabbit disappear from the hat.

Synonyms

superpower
vsmagical power
86 4.9

A strong, often magical, ability a person has in stories about heroes

is about general supernatural capacity, not only heroic or comic feats
magic
vsmagical power
  • Literature
53 5.5

Having power to make impossible things happen, as in stories

emphasizes personal capacity to cause events by supernatural means
mana
vsmagical power
  • Jargon
9 9.6

Magical energy that a person uses to cast spells

focuses on the capacity to influence events rather than the energy
magical ability
vsmagical power
1 7.9

Power to do magic or impossible things

is the broader phrase for the same supernatural capacity

Antonyms

A feeling of being unable to control or change what happens

9 5.4

Not able to do things because your body or mind does not work well

How Powerful

magical power
8 7.2
spark
91 3.2

Surface Forms

magical power singular

Morphology

magical + power

The meaning 'ability to perform magic' is directly and transparently composed from 'magical' (pertaining to magic) + 'power' (ability or capacity). This adjective+noun combination follows a standard compositional pattern and is easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

Magical power comes from old stories where a person or object seems to hold a special force that can change things, like a wizard touching a wand and making fire. So magical power means the ability 'to perform magic' or 'to influence events'.