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"ref": "1994, C. J. Lee, Caldwell Lee the Poet to Be: The Forthright Omnipotence Era, Dorrance Publishing Company, page 46",
"text": "Administered in such a way, in that superpowers it assures.",
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"ref": "2014, Christina Lauren, Dirty Rowdy Thing, Simon and Schuster, page 258",
"text": "This is his superpower, I think. The comic geek always has one, and Oliver's is a poker face that would leave even the Holy Trinity guessing what he's thinking.",
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"ref": "2021 December 6, Givinuplol, belugasareneat, “What superpower you would like?”, in reddit.com",
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"ref": "2014, Christina Lauren, Dirty Rowdy Thing, Simon and Schuster, page 258",
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"ref": "2021 December 6, Givinuplol, belugasareneat, “What superpower you would like?”, in reddit.com",
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"code": "et",
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{
"code": "id",
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{
"code": "fa",
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"word": "ابرقدرت"
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"code": "pl",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
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],
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{
"code": "pt",
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{
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"sense": "sovereign state",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "sovereign state",
"tags": [
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],
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"code": "ru",
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"sense": "sovereign state",
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],
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{
"code": "sh",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sh",
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],
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{
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"sense": "sovereign state",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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],
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"code": "sv",
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{
"code": "sv",
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{
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{
"code": "sv",
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"code": "tg",
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"code": "te",
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{
"code": "vi",
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"code": "be",
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{
"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cs",
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],
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{
"code": "da",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "nl",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "fr",
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "fictional extraordinary ability",
"word": "სუპერძალა"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "zeʒala",
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"word": "ზეძალა"
},
{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "id",
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"word": "adidaya"
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{
"code": "it",
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{
"code": "ja",
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{
"code": "mk",
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{
"code": "pl",
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"sense": "fictional extraordinary ability",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "es",
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{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
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"word": "uwezo wa ajabu"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fictional extraordinary ability",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
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"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"en:Fictional abilities",
"en:Imperialism"
],
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"2": "super",
"3": "power"
},
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"name": "pre"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From super- + power.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "superpowers",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "superpowering",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "superpowered",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "superpowered",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "superpower (third-person singular simple present superpowers, present participle superpowering, simple past and past participle superpowered)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To give extraordinary powers to."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To give extraordinary powers to."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "superpower"
}
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