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empire

The correct spelling is empire.

How to pronounce empire

/ˈɛmpaɪ.ə/
adjective

IPA: /ˈɛmpaɪ.ə/

Say it like: Emp-ire

The correct spelling is empire. (furniture) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814). For example: "the Russian empire"

Usage Examples

the Russian empire

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

the McDonald's fast food empire

Meanings

adjective

  1. 1.(furniture) Following or imitating a style popular during the First French Empire (1804–1814).
  2. 2.(of wine) Produced in a dependency of the British Empire or Commonwealth of Nations.

noun

  1. 1.A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.
  2. 2.A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.
  3. 3.A group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to a foreign power.
  4. 4.An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.
  5. 5.(Absolute) control, dominion, sway.

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