Object

• citizen: Mr Miliband said the government was also seeking to empower citizens through third sector organizations in order to improve services at local level.

• learner: All good teaching aspires to empower learners to become independent learners; an individual learning plan is the start of that journey.

• consumer: Today's empowered consumer expects to be able to exercise choice.

• woman: The project was set up to empower women in the desert oasis town of Siwa, Egypt.

• community: What is the point of empowering community, only to stifle its spirit?

• individual: She empowers individuals to improve their Quality of Life from the Inside Out.

Subject

• spirit: We are empowered by the creative Spirit of the Architect of existence.

Infinitive complement

• co-opt: If required she will be empowered to co-opt one or two bookkeepers to assist her.

• enforce: The DRC is also empowered to enforce the specific duties through the issuance of compliance notices.

• engage: The SAI is empowered to engage external auditors / agencies / consultants as required.

• decide: Moreover, he was empowered to decide appeals made by individuals who were detained by the police.

• suspend: The Principal / Chief Executive or nominee is empowered to suspend a student pending the hearing of a complaint.

• participate: The primary purpose is to increase the capacity of local communities, so that people are empowered to participate in local decision making.

Preposition: by

• spirit: We are empowered by the creative Spirit of the Architect of existence.

Modifying Another Word

• genuinely: The day will be useful for anyone wishing to support the learning of others in a genuinely empowering way.

• economically: So in this way they'll be empowered economically and then if they are educated then they can change the system.

• incredibly: You get given such an amazing amount of responsibility, which is incredibly empowering.

• newly: Sir Michael Lyons, newly empowered to look at councils ' functions and finance, might be rewriting the entire script.

• truly: We need support and training to truly empower nurses to help them manage change effectively.

• personally: Everyone is given total ownership of their customers dealings and feels personally empowered to make instant decisions when called upon to do so.