superpower
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[edit]Noun
[edit]superpower (countable and uncountable, plural superpowers)
- (countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.
- 1999, David Held, Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture, page 97:
- The year 1945 marked the end of Europe's global hegemony and confirmed the US and the Soviet Union as global superpowers.
- 2025 June 7, “Gulf states tussle to become AI superpowers using imported chips and talent”, in FT Weekend, Companies & Markets, page 8:
- Deals unveiled during US President Donald Trump's recent visit to the region showcased Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates' aspirations to become AI superpowers.
- (countable, originally fiction) An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.
- 2025 August 7, Jonathan Lemire, “Things Aren’t Going Donald Trump’s Way”, in The Atlantic[5]:
- Trump’s superpower at home has long been to command intense loyalty from fellow Republicans.
- 2025 August 7, Sam Altman, Introducing GPT-5[6]:
- This is an incredible superpower on demand that would have been unimaginable at any previous time in history.
- (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.
- Synonym: power tower
- Antonym: superlogarithm
- (uncountable) Excessive or superior power.
Derived terms
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[edit]sovereign state
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fictional extraordinary ability
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Verb
[edit]superpower (third-person singular simple present superpowers, present participle superpowering, simple past and past participle superpowered)
- (transitive) To give extraordinary powers to.
Further reading
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superpower on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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