empire
Meaning of empire
noun
- an extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state.
the Roman Empire
- a large commercial organization owned or controlled by one person or group.
her business empire grew
- denoting a style of furniture, decoration, or dress fashionable chiefly during the First Empire in France. The decorative style was neoclassical but marked by an interest in Egyptian and other ancient motifs.
- denoting produce from the Commonwealth.
Middle English: via Old French from Latin imperium, related to imperare ‘to command’ (see emperor).
Information about empire
- The plural form of empire is: empires.
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Hyphenation of empire
em-pire
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- empire is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
empire synonyms
Meaning imperium:
Meaning conglomerate:
Meaning Empire:
Meaning a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen:
Meaning a kingdom:
Meaning an area of territory owned or controlled by a particular ruler or government:
Meaning an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state:
Meaning a principal administrative division of a country or empire:
Meaning an independent country or community, especially a democratic republic:
Meaning a group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs:
Meaning an organization which consists of a number of parties or groups united in an alliance or league:
Meaning the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way:
Meaning a very powerful and influential nation (used especially with reference to the US and the former Soviet Union when these were perceived as the two most powerful nations in the world):
Meaning the official power to make legal decisions and judgements:
Meaning an organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department:
Meaning a large company or group of companies authorized to act as a single entity and recognized as such in law:
Meaning a company operating in several countries:
Meaning an association, typically of several companies:
Meaning a commercial business:
Meaning a person's regular occupation, profession, or trade:
Meaning having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure:
Meaning the action of functioning or the fact of being active or in effect:
Meaning an organization founded for a religious, educational, professional, or social purpose:
Meaning the action of establishing something or being established:
Meaning the physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal:
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Words that rhyme with empire
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