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WORLD POWER

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Dictionary entry overview: What does world power mean?

• WORLD POWER (noun)
The noun WORLD POWER has 1 sense:

1. a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

Familiarity information: WORLD POWER used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WORLD POWER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

great power; major power; superpower; world power; power

Hypernyms ("world power" is a kind of...):

body politic; commonwealth; country; land; nation; res publica; state (a politically organized body of people under a single government)

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