sea power
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poder naval
- The country's investment in its navy enhanced its sea power, enabling it to influence global trade routes.
Also, the Chinese never became had sea power because there were no ports in China, he wrote.
- Also, the Chinese never became had sea power because there were no ports in China, he wrote.
Examples
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Naval exercises are essential for demonstrating a nation's sea power and ensuring maritime security.
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With the new war alliance with France, it was obvious that the new French sea power eclipsed the British sea power on the American coast.
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England at this time was becoming a major commercial sea power, and it was again a trading country, a huge trading country.
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Also examined are the historic relationships between sea power, economic development, and commercial interests, including the development of trade in marine resources.
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Enjoy At its peak, the Carthaginian Navy was considered to be one of the most powerful sea powers of antiquity.
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Britain is able to project sea power across oceans against local combatants like Argentina in the Falklands War.
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The British, a great sea power at the time, had a vested interest in terminating the power of these mercenaries.
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The counterpart today to Britain's sea power and ability to manage world trade in the nineteenth century is the U.S. with its ability to project military-naval power worldwide.
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Before World War II, Australia's most fundamental relationship was with the United Kingdom, not just because of ties of kinship, empire, and sentiment, but also because Britain was the pre-eminent global sea power, which could afford the island continent of Australia protection from the north.
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In the 18th century, the dominance of Britain as a sea power allowed it to expand its empire significantly.
Synonyms
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2.0
The part of a country's military that fights at sea
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Military ships and the people who use them to fight at sea
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the strength of a country's navy' is directly compositional from 'sea' (maritime domain) + 'power' (ability or strength); this follows the common English pattern X + power = strength in domain X. The concept is also cross-linguistically regular (e.g. Spanish 'poder marítimo', French 'puissance maritime'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will very likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Sea power comes from the image of a country having strong forces on the ocean — its ships and sailors who can control trade and win battles at sea. So the words sea (the ocean) and power (strength) together mean a country with a strong 'navy' or control of the seas.