world power en · NOUN
Meanings
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A nation or state so powerful that it can influence world affairs.
It is our decline since then in relation to our European partners that has been so marked, so that today we are not only no longer a world power, but we are not in the first rank even as a European one.
1979 March 31, Nicholas Henderson, Britain's Decline: Its Causes and Consequences:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| world powers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (11)
ru мирова́я держа́ва (nation which influences world affairs) · ja 列強 (nation which influences world affairs) · fi maailmanvalta (nation which influences world affairs) · pl potęga światowa (nation which influences world affairs) · de Weltmacht (nation which influences world affairs) · nl wereldmacht (nation which influences world affairs) · cmn 世界強國 /世界强国 (nation which influences world affairs) · tr süper güç (nation which influences world affairs) · cmn 大國 /大国 (nation which influences world affairs) · ja 大国 (nation which influences world affairs) · fr puissance mondiale (nation which influences world affairs)