Meaning

5 senses
  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.

    Supermacht

    сверхдержа́ваsverxderžáva, супердержа́ваsuperderžáva

    наддержа́ваnadderžáva, супердержа́ваsuperderžáva

  2. (countable)An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.

    Superkraft

    суперси́лаsupersíla, сверхси́лаsverxsíla

    суперси́лаsupersýla

  3. (countable, uncountable)A tetration.

  4. (uncountable)Excessive or superior power.

  5. (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.

More definitions
  • a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

Examples

62 sentences
  1. The superpowers made significant progress in disarmament.

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  2. What's a superpower you wish you had?

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  3. I have superpowers.

    У мене є суперздібності.

    deIch habe Superkräfte.

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  4. Algeria is considered an energy superpower.

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  5. Ziri secretly possesses a unique superpower.

    deZiri verfügt im verborgenen über eine einzigartige übermenschliche Fähigkeit.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
sovereign state:
fictional extraordinary ability:
Русский
By meaning 2
sovereign state:
fictional extraordinary ability:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
sovereign state:
fictional extraordinary ability:

Origin

From super- + power.

From super- + power.

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Forms

plural: superpowers
Singularsuperpower
Pluralsuperpowers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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