super power

Noun

superpower (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.
   • 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, →ISSN
2. (countable) An extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.
   • 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, →ISBN, page 46
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. A tetration.

   Synonyms:

   power tower

   Antonyms:

   superlogarithm

5. (uncountable) Excessive or superior power.

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