SUPERPOWER


Meaning of SUPERPOWER in English

su ‧ per ‧ pow ‧ er /ˈsuːpəˌpaʊə $ -pərˌpaʊr/ BrE AmE noun [countable]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ power , ↑ superpower , ↑ powerlessness , ↑ empowerment ; adjective : ↑ powerful ≠ ↑ powerless , ↑ overpowering , ↑ power , ↑ powered ; verb : ↑ power , ↑ empower , ↑ overpower ; adverb : ↑ powerfully ≠ ↑ powerlessly , ↑ overpoweringly ]

a nation that has very great military and political power

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THESAURUS

▪ country an area of land controlled by its own government, president, king etc:

Thailand is a beautiful country.

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Which country would you most like to visit?

▪ nation a country, considered especially in relation to its people and its political and economic structure:

The events shocked the whole nation.

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The US is the most powerful nation in the world.

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Leaders of the world’s major industrialized nations attended the meeting.

▪ state a country considered as a political organization with its own government:

They believe that Scotland should be an independent sovereign state.

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Most European states joined the Council of Europe.

▪ power a country that is very strong and important:

a meeting of the great powers

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Britain is still a world power.

▪ superpower one of the most powerful countries in the world:

During the Cuban Missile Crisis there was a real danger of conflict between the two world superpowers.

▪ land literary a country – used in stories:

He told them about his journeys to foreign lands.

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a traveller from a far-off land

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.