Definition of great power
: one of the nations that figure most decisively in international affairs : superpower
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Turns out, even a fake Spider-Man can learn that lesson about great power and great responsibility after all. — Graeme Mcmillan, The Hollywood Reporter, "80 Comics to Read For Marvel's 80th Anniversary," 31 Aug. 2019 The British are attached to being a great power, a member of the Security Council. — Reuters, The Mercury News, "Macron: No-deal Brexit is all on Britain, not the EU," 21 Aug. 2019 Smartphones, with exponentially greater power, amazing graphics and unlimited games and apps, have taken the place of handheld game systems. — David Kindy, Smithsonian, "Thirty Years Ago, Game Boy Changed the Way America Played Video Games," 29 July 2019 Some of this reflects America’s changing priorities, as the Islamic State has lost its territory and the Pentagon’s new strategy emphasizes great power competition with China. — Time Staff, Time, "10 Things We Learned About 2020 From the Democratic Debates," 28 June 2019 Starr valued the great power of football fans above everything, and journalists helped tell that story. — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al.com, "Emotional month for Auburn, Alabama shows the power of sports," 14 June 2019 Unsurprisingly, China is striving to become a maritime great power. — The Economist, "China’s maritime expansion reflects a curious mix of ambition and paranoia," 4 July 2019 While no one says ‘with great power comes great responsibility,’ this is about as faithful an adaptation of those old Amazing Spider-Man fables as has been brought to the screen so far. — Nick Romano, EW.com, "Spider-Man: Far From Home," 24 June 2018 While new generations of hardware introduce far greater power and functionality, often revisions within the same generation take certain steps backward. — Sam Byford, The Verge, "A brief history of cutdown game consoles," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'great power.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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