Definition of "superpower"

superpower

noun
countable and uncountable, plural superpowers
1. (countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.
  Quotations
  Our superpower competition will be reunified Germany (perhaps together with its European satellites) and expanding Japan (perhaps allied with China, if they can bring that off).
  1990 February 5, William Safire, “Staying a Superpower”, in The New York Times‎
  The year 1945 marked the end of Europe's global hegemony and confirmed the US and the Soviet Union as global superpowers.
  1999, David Held, Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture, page 97
2. (countable, fiction) An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.
  Quotations
  Administered in such a way, in that superpowers it assures.
  1994, C. J. Lee, Caldwell Lee the Poet to Be: The Forthright Omnipotence Era‎, Dorrance Publishing Company, page 46
  This is his superpower, I think. The comic geek always has one, and Oliver's is a poker face that would leave even the Holy Trinity guessing what he's thinking.
  2014, Christina Lauren, Dirty Rowdy Thing‎, Simon and Schuster, page 258
  If I could have a superpower id[sic] want to be able to teleport. I hate walking and driving gives me headaches.
  2021 December 6, Givinuplol, belugasareneat, “What superpower you would like?”, in reddit.com‎
3. (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.
4. (mathematics) A tetration.
5. (uncountable) Excessive or superior power.
verb
third-person singular simple present superpowers, present participle superpowering, simple past and past participle superpowered
1. (transitive) To give extraordinary powers to.

Definition of "superpower"

superpower

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