English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "empire"

empire

Từ điển Collocation

empire noun

¹ group of countries

ADJ. big, great, large, mighty, vast | colonial, overseas the decline of the old colonial empires

VERB + EMPIRE establish, found | dismantle The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. | expand | lose By now Britain had lost its empire.

EMPIRE + VERB grow | collapse, crumble, disintegrate The mighty empire finally crumbled.

PHRASES the break-up/decline/fall of an empire, part of an empire a country that is still part of the empire

² group of companies/organizations

ADJ. big, huge, large | little (= used to criticize sb's attitude to the things they control) All the bureaucrats jealously guarded their own little empires. | business, commercial, financial, industrial, media

VERB + EMPIRE build (up), create He has built a huge business empire from humble beginnings.

EMPIRE + VERB collapse, crumble

PHRASES the collapse of an empire

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised; imperium
• a group of countries under a single authority

  the British empire

• a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
• a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization; conglomerate
• an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple; Empire

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

empires
syn.: Empire conglomerate imperium