Great Power

noun

1. a nation that has exceptional military and economic strength, and consequently plays a major, often decisive, role in international affairs.

Great Power

noun

1. a nation that has exceptional political influence, resources, and military strength

Other Words From

• Great-Power great-power adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Great Power¹

First recorded in 1725–35

Example Sentences

With great power may come great responsibility, but with super speed and red leather pants comes the party.

From The Daily Beast

As the world order falls into disarray, the U.S. must confront the fact that no other truly great power shares our values.

From The Daily Beast

The scene is written with a matter-of-fact restraint that lends it great power.

From The Daily Beast

The museum commentary describes this as “within six weeks the unprecedented collapse of a great power.”

From The Daily Beast

People with great power and wealth, and people with very little of either.

From The Daily Beast

Where a great power of Attention has been renewed or originally acquired, it requires considerable effort to continue that power.

From Project Gutenberg

But there shall rise up a strong king, and shall rule with great power: and he shall do what he pleaseth.

From Project Gutenberg

And Bacchides heard it, and he came on the sabbath day even to the bank of the Jordan, with a great power.

From Project Gutenberg

But stay patiently a while, and thou shalt see his great power, in what manner he will torment thee and thy seed.

From Project Gutenberg

He had a deadly precision of speech, a very remarkable memory, and a great power of organising and assembling his facts.

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