SEA POWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea power mean? 

• SEA POWER (noun)
  The noun SEA POWER has 2 senses:

1. naval strength

2. a nation that possesses formidable naval strength

  Familiarity information: SEA POWER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEA POWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Naval strength

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("sea power" is a kind of...):

military capability; military posture; military strength; posture; strength (capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A nation that possesses formidable naval strength

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("sea power" is a kind of...):

body politic; commonwealth; country; land; nation; res publica; state (a politically organized body of people under a single government)