What does empire mean?
Definitions for empire
ˈɛm paɪər; for 8–10 also ɒmˈpɪərem·pire
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word empire.
Princeton's WordNet
empire, imperium(noun)
the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
empire(noun)
a group of countries under a single authority
"the British created a great empire"
empire(noun)
a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
conglomerate, empire(noun)
a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
Empire(noun)
an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple
Wiktionary
empire(Noun)
A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority.
empire(Noun)
A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
empire(Noun)
A state ruled by an emperor.
empire(Noun)
An expansive and wealthy corporation; e.g. "the McDonalds empire".
Webster Dictionary
Empire(noun)
supreme power; sovereignty; sway; dominion
Empire(noun)
the dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire
Empire(noun)
any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason
Freebase
Empire
The term empire derives from the Latin imperium. Politically, an empire is a geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a monarch or an oligarchy. Aside from the traditional usage, the term empire can be used in an extended sense to denote a large-scale business enterprise, or a political organisation of either national-, regional- or city scale, controlled either by a person or a group authority. An imperial political structure is established and maintained in two ways: as a territorial empire of direct conquest and control with force, and as a coercive, hegemonic empire of indirect conquest and control with power. The former provides greater tribute and direct political control, yet limits further expansion because it absorbs military forces to fixed garrisons. The latter provides less tribute and indirect control, but avails military forces for further expansion. Territorial empires tended to be contiguous areas. The term on occasion has been applied to maritime empires or thalassocracies, with looser structures and more scattered territories.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Empire
em′pīr, n. supreme control or dominion: the territory under the dominion of an emperor. [Fr.,—L. imperium—imperāre, to command.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
empire
Any of a family of military simulations derived from a game written by Peter Langston many years ago. A number of multi-player variants of varying degrees of sophistication exist, and one single-player version implemented for both Unix and VMS; the latter is even available as MS-DOS/Windows freeware. All are notoriously addictive. Of various commercial derivatives the best known is probably “Empire Deluxe” on PCs and Amigas.Modern empire is a real-time wargame played over the internet by up to 120 players. Typical games last from 24 hours (blitz) to a couple of months (long term). The amount of sleep you can get while playing is a function of the rate at which updates occur and the number of co-rulers of your country. Empire server software is available for Unix-like machines, and clients for Unix and other platforms. A comprehensive history of the game is available at http://www.empire./definition/History. The Empire resource site is at http://www.empire.cx/.
Rap Dictionary
empire
Adam Bomb, Scandalis, T.R.A, Tek-Man, Joe Kerr, TalkSick, Mr. Shebib, and Skinny the Nutcracker make up the group known as Empire, a collective of mcs from different areas around Toronto, Canada. Mostly known for their freestyle battling abilities, the group has released two acclaimed albums: Empire Presents: Runamuk The Intro and The Table of Nonsense and are sure to drop solo efforts as well.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'empire' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2739
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'empire' in Nouns Frequency: #1147
Anagrams for empire »
epimer, E-Prime, premie
E-Prime
Epimer
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of empire in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of empire in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of empire in a Sentence
I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.
I did not come from a family that taught me to build a corporate empire through housing discrimination, i protested housing discrimination.
This is a guy who’s built an empire of amazing hotels and golf courses and real estate buildings and everything else, I mean everything the man ever touched, ‘The Apprentice’ right, turned to gold.
A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire...
This was the first time the Ottoman Empire recorded a major military victory against world powers for 150-odd years, the empire was in decline. The 18th of March marked a point where that tide at least briefly was stemmed.
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Translations for empire
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- إمبراطوريةArabic
- imperiyaAzerbaijani
- імперыяBelarusian
- империяBulgarian
- imperiCatalan, Valencian
- císařství, říše, impériumCzech
- rige, imperium, kejserdømmeDanish
- Weltreich, Kaisertum, Reich, Imperium, KaiserreichGerman
- αυτοκρατορίαGreek
- imperioSpanish
- impeerium, keisririikEstonian
- امپراطوری, شاهنشاهیPersian
- imperiumi, valtakunta, keisarikuntaFinnish
- empireFrench
- ìmpireachdScottish Gaelic
- imperioGalician
- אִימְפֶּרְיָהHebrew
- साम्राज्यHindi
- birodalom, impérium, császárságHungarian
- կայսրությունArmenian
- kerajaanIndonesian
- imperoItalian
- אימפריהHebrew
- 企業帝国, 帝国, 帝政Japanese
- იმპერიაGeorgian
- империяKazakh
- ចក្រភព, អាណាចក្រ, អធិរាជាណាចក្រ, រាជាធិរាជាណាចក្រKhmer
- ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯKannada
- 제국, 帝國Korean
- империяKyrgyz
- imperiumLatin
- RäichLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຈັກກະພັດLao
- imperijaLithuanian
- impērijaLatvian
- emepaeaMāori
- империјаMacedonian
- хаант улс, ноёрхолMongolian
- साम्राज्यMarathi
- empayarMalay
- keizerrijk, imperium, staatDutch
- imperiumNorwegian
- empèri, impèriOccitan
- imperium, cesarstwoPolish
- impérioPortuguese
- imperiu, împărățieRomanian
- империя, царствоRussian
- carstvo, империја, carevina, царство, царевина, imperijaSerbo-Croatian
- impérium, ríšaSlovak
- imperijSlovene
- perandoriAlbanian
- imperium, kejsardömeSwedish
- பேரரசுTamil
- империяTajik
- จักรวรรดิThai
- imperiýaTurkmen
- imparatorlukTurkish
- імперіяUkrainian
- سلطنتUrdu
- imperiyaUzbek
- đế quốc, 帝國Vietnamese
- אימפעריעYiddish
- 帝國Chinese
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