superpower

Converse of object

• emerge: War with an emerging superpower like China would mean World War Three.
• remain: In military terms, America will remain the sole superpower for at least two decades.
• become: The United States has a strong work ethic which has helped us to become an economic superpower.
• create: Reuters 13th July 2006 Putin has created an energy superpower whose voice is again important.
• have: I'd have the superpower to make all traffic lights in my direction green.

Adjective modifier

• sole: The period of the USA being the sole superpower in the world may not be very long lived.
• lone: And the New Orleans disaster laid bare the shame of the world's lone superpower.
• remaining: There is only the international community, which can only be led by the only remaining superpower, which is the United States.
• rival: National Journal, 29 January 2005 Europe is the next rival superpower.
• global: That's the price of being a global superpower.
• military: The EU must reject any attempt to make it into a military superpower.

Modifies a noun

• rivalry: How and why did the policies of either the USA or the USSR affect superpower rivalry between 1950 and 1970?
• dominance: The superpower dominance of the US reaches around the world.
• status: It is a duty imposed on America by its superpower status.
• relation: It was a time of great tension in superpower relations.
• bloc: To attempt to be a superpower bloc, rivaling America, is foolish.

Noun used with modifier

• world: CEN News: Features: Cartoon hero takes a swipe at a world superpower Cartoon hero takes a swipe at a world superpower.. .
• sci-tech: Otto Z. Stern's column is reprinted courtesy of sci-tech world superpower The Register.

Possessives

• world: Being the world's only superpower means never having to say you're sorry 26.

Preposition: in

• world: The period of the USA being the sole superpower in the world may not be very long lived.