superpower
IPA: supɝpˈaʊɝ
noun
- (countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.
- (countable, fiction) An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.
- (obsolete, uncountable) Electricity generated in a large plant that is tied into a regional network, on a larger scale than was common in the early years of commercial electricity production.
- (mathematics) A tetration.
- (uncountable) Excessive or superior power.
verb
- (transitive) To give extraordinary powers to.
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Examples of "superpower" in Sentences
- It is not an economic superpower.
- And there is no emerging superpower in NATO.
- Russia is a superpower and India is not quite a superpower.
- The citation speaks of the hegemony of a current superpower.
- They are the world superpower, they are the regional superpower.
- America is only a superpower because it is labeled a superpower.
- I live in Russia, it's a potential superpower, not a superpower.
- An energy superpower does not mean that it's a superpower in general.
- This is an article saying what is a superpower and why US is a superpower.
- The UK was a superpower just as the superpower article itself states it was.
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