empire
US: /ˈɛmpaɪɝ/
UK: /ˈɛmpaɪə/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
empire /'empaiə/- danh từ
- đế quốc; chế chế
- (định ngữ) Empire (thuộc) kiểu đế chế Na-po-lê-ông I (quần áo, đồ đạc)
- sự khống chế hoàn toàn, sự kiểm soát hoàn toàn
- Empire City
- thành phố Niu-óoc
- Empire Day
- ngày sinh hoàng hậu Vích-to-ri-a (24 tháng 5)
- Empire State
- bang Niu-óoc
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 a group of countries or states that are controlled by one ruler or government: the Roman empire
2 a group of commercial organizations controlled by one person or company: a business empire
Collocation
1 group of countries
ADJ.
big, great, large, mighty, vast | colonial, overseas
the decline of the old colonial empires
VERB + EMPIRE
establish, found | dismantle
The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled.
| expand | lose
By now Britain had lost its empire.
EMPIRE + VERB
grow | collapse, crumble, disintegrate
The mighty empire finally crumbled.
PHRASES
the break-up/decline/fall of an empire, part of an empire
a country that is still part of the empire
2 group of companies/organizations
ADJ.
big, huge, large | little
(= used to criticize sb's attitude to the things they control)All the bureaucrats jealously guarded their own little empires.
| business, commercial, financial, industrial, media
VERB + EMPIRE
build (up), create
He has built a huge business empire from humble beginnings.
EMPIRE + VERB
collapse, crumble
PHRASES
the collapse of an empire
Concise dictionary
empires'empaɪənoun
+the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised
+a group of countries under a single authority
+a monarchy with an emperor as head of state
+a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
+an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple
