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empower

verb/ɪmˈpaʊə/

B1CEFR level
25/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

To give someone the authority, confidence or resources to act independently.

The new operating model empowers frontline staff to resolve complaints on the spot.

Similar: enable, authorise

Topic: Leadership & management in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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