Meaning Of Power Couple In English - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of power couple in English power couplenoun [ C ] uk /ˈpaʊər ˌkʌp.əl/ us /ˈpaʊ.ɚ ˌkʌp.əl/ Add to word list Add to word list two people who are married to each other, or in a relationship with each other, and both have extremely successful careers, especially in politics or entertainment: Hillary Clinton is part of the power couple that has dominated the Democratic party since the early 1990s. someone or something that becomes popular, wealthy, or has achieved a lot

• successThe new TV series was a wild success.
• a roaring successHer third album was a roaring success and went platinum.
• hitDinner was a hit with the kids.
• triumphThe court verdict was a triumph for all abuse victims.
• winWhat can we do to get a win out of this situation?

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• honest
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Successful (things or people) (Definition of power couple from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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power couple Together they are northern-laurel's power couple; here to stay. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The future prospect of surplus power coupled with subsidized power prices would aggravate the process of environmental degradation and the resulting externalities. From the Cambridge English Corpus The future prospect of surplus power coupled with subsidized or free power would aggravate the process of environmental degradation and the resulting externalities. From the Cambridge English Corpus It may be a power coupled with a duty, in the language of the law, but the second one is an express, specific, mandatory duty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a case of power with responsibility; it is power coupled with irresponsibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Couples who won the challenges become power couples and have the authority to eliminate other couples. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Celebrity pairings who fascinate and inspire intense interest are commonly termed supercouples or power couples. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The reciprocity theorem permits the relative power coupled into the thin film by an incident beam to be computed from the solution to a reciprocal problem. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of power couple?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 權力夫婦，大腕夫婦… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 权力夫妇，大腕夫妇… See more in Spanish poderosa pareja… See more Need a translator?

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