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Empire
empire
(empires) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. An empire is a number of individual nations that are all controlled by the government or ruler of one particular country. ...the Roman Empire. N-COUNT 2. You can refer to a group of companies controlled by one person as an empire. ...the big Mondadori publishing empire. N-COUNT: with supp
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adjective Etymology: French, from (le premier) ~ the first ~ of France Date: 1860 of, relating to, or characteristic of a style (as of clothing or furniture) popular in early 19th century France EMPIRE noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~, empirie, from Latin imperium absolute authority, ~, from imperare to command — more at emperor Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority; especially one having an emperor as chief of state (2) the territory of such a political unit b. something resembling a political ~; especially an extensive territory or enterprise under single domination or control 2. imperial sovereignty, rule, or dominion 3. capitalized Empire State, nickname for New York a juicy apple with dark red skin that is a cross between a McIntosh apple and a red Delicious apple ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 an extensive group of States or countries under a single supreme authority, esp. an emperor. 2 a supreme dominion. b (often foll. by over) archaic absolute control. 3 a large commercial organization etc. owned or directed by one person or group. 4 (the Empire) hist. a the British Empire. b the Holy Roman Empire. 5 a type or period of government in which the sovereign is called emperor. 6 (Empire) (attrib.) a denoting a style of furniture or dress fashionable during the first (1804-14) or second (1852-70) French Empire. b Brit. denoting produce from the Commonwealth. Phrases and idioms empire-builder a person who deliberately acquires extra territory, authority, etc. esp. unnecessarily. Empire Day hist. the former name of Commonwealth Day, orig. 24 May. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L imperium rel. to imperare: see EMPEROR ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. империя the E. —- ист. Британская империя; Священная Римская империя; Первая империя (во Франции) Lower empire —- Восточная Римская империя, Византия 2. империя (о капиталистической монополии) the Krupp industrial empire —- промышленная империя Круппа 3. верховная власть, господство, владычество the empire of man over things —- власть человека над вещами to establish one's empire over smth. —- установить (свое) господство над чем-л. to have empire over the minds of men —- быть властителем умов 4. царство the empire of dreams —- царство грез 5. титул императора, императорский престол; императорское достоинство 6. царствование (императора) 7. (обыкн. Е.) имперский empire preferences —- эк. имперские преференции empire goods —- имперские товары, имперские грузы (из английских владений) Empire 1. (стиль) ампир Empire furniture —- мебель в стиле ампир Empire gown —- платье с высокой талией ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I Empire 1. noun стиль ампир 2. adj. в стиле ампир II noun империя the Empire - а) Британская империя; б) hist. Священная Римская империя EMPIRE City noun amer. г. Нью-Йорк EMPIRE State noun штат Нью-Йорк ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a group of countries that are all controlled by the ruler or government of one country (the Roman empire) 2 a group of organizations controlled by one powerful company or person (an enormous business empire) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 14c., from O.Fr. empire "imperial rule," from L. imperium "rule, command," from imperare "to command," from im- "in" + parare "to order, prepare." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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