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World power

noun

A state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world. Synonyms: great power, major power, power, superpower.

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... still new as a world power, but was beginning to feel more at home. In Taft's Administration, with Philander C. Knox as Secretary of State, there had been for the first time the beginnings of what might fairly be called a consistent foreign policy. ...

— Woodrow Wilson's Administration and Achievements • Frank B. Lord and James William Bryan

... Book. (1) The Babylonian Empire (625-536 B. C.) with Nebuchadnezzar as the leading king and the one who carried Israel captive. (2) The Persian Empire (536-330 B. C.) which became a world power through Cyrus, under whom the Jews returned to Jerusalem. (3) The Grecian Empire, which, under the leadership of Alexander the Great, subdued the entire Persian world. (4) The Roman Empire, which was anticipated by and grew out of the ...

— The Bible Book by Book - A Manual for the Outline Study of the Bible by Books • Josiah Blake Tidwell

... edition would be "From Isolation to Leadership, and Back." But I do not regard the verdict of 1920 as an expression of the final judgment of the American people. The world still waits on America, and sooner or later we must recognize and assume the responsibilities of our position as a great world power. ...

— From Isolation to Leadership, Revised - A Review of American Foreign Policy • John Holladay Latane

Words linked to "World power" : power, state, body politic, res publica, hegemon, nation, land, country, superpower, major power, commonwealth