imperial
IPA: ɪmpˈɪriʌɫ
noun
- A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
- (paper, printing) A writing paper size measuring 30 × 22 inches, or printing paper measuring 32 × 22 inches.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
- (card games, countable) Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
- A crown imperial.
- A tuft of hair on the lower lip (so called from its use by Napoleon III).
- A kind of dome, as in Moorish buildings.
- (historical) An outside or roof seat on a diligence or carriage.
- (historical) A suitcase or trunk designed to be transported on the roof of a carriage.
- (countable, uncountable) A variety of green tea.
- A city in Imperial County, California, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Chase County, Nebraska, United States.
- A town in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- Imperial College London.
- A census-designated place in Pennsylvania, United States.
- A census-designated place in Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Virginia, United States.
- An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
- A large Bordeaux wine bottle with the capacity of about 6 liters, equivalent to 8 standard bottles.
adjective
- Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
- Very grand or fine.
- Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
- (in particular, of alcohol) Stronger than typical. (Derived from the name of Russian Imperial stout, a strong dark beer.)
- (history) Clipping of Imperial Japanese. [(history) Of or pertaining to the Japanese Empire.]
- Alternative letter-case form of imperial (“of alcohol: stronger”) [Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.]
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Examples of "imperial" in Sentences
- He is a cog in the machine of imperialism.
- The current status of Imperialism is deficient.
- A brash, incompetent Commander in the Imperial Army.
- Fleming was elected as the first imperial potentate.
- The couple was the progenitors of the imperial dynasty.
- It was used by the imperial retinue for the celebrations.
- The equipment and fittings used on them were in imperial units.
- The center of the imperial flag bore the arms of the Empire of Brazil.
- Prince of the Junaris Empire and the heir apparent to the Imperial throne.
- Club the word "imperial" is not typically used as a perjorative adjective.
- Now NASA needs additional funding to do the same amount of work it could have done in imperial units.
- So while the Russian imperialists may have had a head start in imperial aggression, we are in there pitching to this day.
- The relation of England to her free colonies is not in the proper sense of the term imperial, while her relation to such dependencies as Gibraltar and Malta is military alone.
- And I wanted to get your reaction this morning to a piece that ran in the "Washington Post," where they talked about George Bush basically restoring what they call the imperial presidency.
- Vietnam has fought off five of what it calls imperial intrusions over the centuries — the Mongols, Han Chinese, French, Americans and modern Chinese — thanks to its incredible discipline and self-sacrifice.
- Nevertheless, the statement admitted that his condition was serious, but that because of the -- what it called the imperial plans of the United States, the details of his condition had to be guarded as a state secret.
- "_Item_ -- They shall tell him about a meeting between the imperial and ducal ambassadors, at which meeting there was some talk of making a kingdom out of certain lands of Monseigneur and joining these to an _imperial_ vicariate of all the lands and principalities lying along the Rhine."
- He remarked: -- "The parliament of Great Britain sits at the head of her extensive empire in two capacities -- one as the local legislature of this island, with the executive power as her instrument of action; the other and nobler capacity is what I call her imperial character, by which she guides and controls all the inferior and provincial legislatures."