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# superpower

noun (a superpower, superpowers)

«superpower» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A very powerful country with great military and economic strength that has a big influence over the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superpower/#m1)
2. An amazing power beyond normal humans, like flying or being invisible, that a superhero has. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superpower/#m2)
3. (informal) A special talent or something you are very good at. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superpower/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history and geography lessons, superpowers are the strongest countries in the world. In comics and films, superheroes have superpowers. In everyday talk «my superpower is…» jokingly names a talent. Phrases: «world superpower», «have a superpower», «if you could have any superpower».

### Examples

- If you could have any superpower, what would it be? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superpower/#x1)
- Superman's superpowers include flying and super strength. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superpower/#x2)
- After a great war, two countries became superpowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superpower/#x3)
- (informal) My mum's superpower is finding lost socks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superpower/#x4)
- A superpower has a lot of influence in the world. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superpower/#x5)
- In the story, the girl discovered she had a superpower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superpower/#x6)
- (informal) Kindness is your superpower. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superpower/#x7)

### Note

One word. Countable: «superpowers». Two very different senses: a country (real) and magical powers (fiction). The joke sense is informal.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «superpower» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superpower/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«superpower» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/superpower.html) on Mova free.