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Empire

//ˈɛm.paɪ̯ə̯// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Empire. alt-of, not-comparable
  2. 2
    Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). not-comparable

    "However, the first style of this century was known as Empire furniture. It was a derivative of the French Empire furniture, popular at that time."

  3. 3
    Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).; Having the waistline just below the bust; featuring an empire waist. not-comparable

    "...and for a moment he could not identify the lady in the Empire dress, nor imagine why her presence created such excitement among the initiated."

  4. 4
    Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations. British, dated, not-comparable

    "Wine from Portugal and France showed an irregular downward tendency over the period, while Empire wine from Australia and British South Africa rose rapidly, the former increasing nearly threefold between 1925 and 1927."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Chicot County, Arkansas.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Stanislaus County, California.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Clear Creek County, Colorado, named after the Empire State.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place and former town in Dodge County and Bleckley County, Georgia.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community and coal town in Christian County, Kentucky.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; A township and village therein, in Leelanau County, Michigan.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A village in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio.
  7. 12
    A number of places in the United States:; A district of the city of Coos Bay, Coos County, Oregon.
  8. 13
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
  9. 14
    A number of places in the United States:; A former community in Goshen County, Wyoming.
  10. 15
    A number of places in the United States:; A number of other townships, listed under Empire Township.
Noun
  1. 1
    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.

    "the Russian empire"

  2. 2
    an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple wordnet
  3. 3
    A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.

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

  4. 4
    a group of countries under a single authority wordnet
  5. 5
    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.

    "British people [...] continued to believe in empire. It was what gave Britain a unique role in the world, and in return Britain had drawn strength from its empire to enable it to survive two great wars that had wrecked so many of its competitors. Imperial management in the twentieth[…]"

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  1. 6
    a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization wordnet
  2. 7
    An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.

    "the McDonald's fast food empire"

  3. 8
    a monarchy with an emperor as head of state wordnet
  4. 9
    control, dominion, sway.

    "Each master whim maintains its hour of empire, And obstinately faithful to its dictates"

  5. 10
    the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English empire, from Old French empire, empere, from Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”). Doublet of empery and imperium.

Etymology 2

From Middle English empire, from Old French empire, empere, from Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”). Doublet of empery and imperium.

Etymology 3

See empire.

Etymology 4

See empire.

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