empire
IPA: ˈɛmpaɪɝ
noun
- 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.
- A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
- The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.
- An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
- (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
- A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California, United States.
- A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.
adjective
- (fashion, furniture, art) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).
- (of a woman's dress) Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist.
- (Britain, dated, of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.
- Alternative letter-case form of Empire. [(fashion, furniture, art) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).]
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Examples of "empire" in Sentences
- The Empire is decentralized.
- This was the apogee of the empire.
- The Empire of Iuz is an empire ruled by the demigod Iuz.
- That the empire was the continuation of the Roman empire.
- The genealogy of the kings of this empire is still debated.
- He was a medic in the army during the dissolution of the empire.
- The armies of the Empire are amongst the most diverse in the Old World.
- As the Incan Empire grew in size and population, the army did the same.
- The Empire is infuriated, and sends its own armies to reclaim the planet.
- Belonging to the Empire is not the same as beiing a province of the Empire.
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