1. superpower - Noun
2. superpower - Verb
(uncountable) Excessive or superior power.
(countable) A sovereign state with dominant status on the globe and a very advanced military, especially the United States or formerly the Soviet Union.
(countable) A fictional extraordinary physical or mental ability, especially possessed by a superhero or supervillain.
(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
superpower (third-person singular simple present superpowers, present participle superpowering, simple past and past participle superpowered)
(transitive) To give extraordinary powers to.
Never believe that technology alone will allow America to prevail as a superpower. Margaret Thatcher
I don't know why people are so keen to put the details of their private life in public; they forget that invisibility is a superpower. Banksy
Whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower... Barack Obama
The Sandinista government became consumed with fighting a war of survival. They were up against the biggest superpower in the world. Bianca Jagger
And I hope America will realise, as the only superpower now, it really must use its power in a way that's going to build up the world, and to support the United Nations. George Carey
The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status. Ma Jian