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Meanings of empire in English

Portuguese
império
Catalan
imperi
Spanish
imperio

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

império
Portuguese
conglomerado
Catalan
imperi
Spanish
imperio

A group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization.

conglomerado
Russian
империя
Spanish
imperio
Catalan
imperi

Monarchy whose head is an emperor, higher than kingdom.

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империя
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Examples for "empires"
Examples for "empires"
1
And the empires of to-day have the seed of dissolution in them.
Principles of Freedom
2
Got kicked back and forth between different empires from age to age.
Anathem
3
The conquests of Islam over the Eastern empires had been very rapid.
Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
4
Theodosius thus united the empires of the East and West once more.
Young Folks' History of Rome
5
We would not sell it for all the empires of the world.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
Usage of empire in English
1
The sunrise empire has exemplified the latter method; China prefers the former.
The Awakening of China
2
News International is part of Murdoch's global media empire News Corp NWSA.O.
Reuters
3
Forget the empire for a moment; that was just part of it.
The Guardian
4
Today, America is the Roman empire, and New York is Rome itself.
The Guardian
5
They had conquered the land; they disdained the empire of the air.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
6
Are the Murdochs at war over the future of their media empire?
The Guardian
7
Victorians found peculiar satisfaction in empire and war, nature, reason and nation.
The Guardian
8
One More Thing:Denis O'Brien's online recruitment empire continues to enjoy strong growth.
The Irish Times
9
The Mughal empire brought a strong Islamic presence to much of India.
The Guardian
10
That was a great empire once and you wouldn't believe it now...'
The Long Earth
11
The ruling has strengthened the First Amendment far beyond Flynt's publishing empire.
Wired
12
Here in the centre, are the empire of Greece and the Archipelago.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
13
WRITING a history of the British empire is a supremely difficult task.
The Irish Times
14
Henry was at the head of the finest troops in the empire.
The Truce of God / A Tale of the Eleventh Century
15
Luis Enrique has set his sights on building a new Barcelona empire.
The Irish Times
16
He specialises in financial and economic history and the history of empire.
Radio NZ
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Translations for empire
Catalan
imperi
Spanish
imperio
Empire through the time
Empire across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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