Empire

Quick meaning: Empire is a noun meaning A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.

Meaning

A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.

More Meanings

1. An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
2. (Absolute) control, dominion, sway.
3. A political state, often a monarchy, that has achieved a much greater current size than its initial size by conquering surrounding territories, cities or nations.
4. 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.
5. Alternative letter-case form of Empire.

Example Sentences

the Russian empire

the McDonald's fast food empire

States and empires fail when they are no longer the solution, they are the problem.

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

Word Forms

• empires

Synonyms for empire

Depending on context, synonyms include conglomerate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conglomerate, imperialism, imperialist, colonial, monarchy, imperial.

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