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Meaning of empire

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

empire

Pronunciation:/ˈɛmpaɪ.ə//ˈɛmˌpaɪɚ/

adjective

Definitions

  1. (furniture) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).

  2. (of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.

noun

Definitions

  1. A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.

    Example: the Russian empire

  2. A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.

    Example: The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.

  3. A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.

  4. An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.

    Example: the McDonald's fast food empire

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Empire

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