empire
part of speech
noun (empire, empires)
meaning for a pupil
1) A group of countries or lands ruled by one ruler or government, often an emperor or empress. tree →
2) A very large business or group of businesses controlled by one person or company: «a toy empire». tree →
3) (informal) An area that someone controls: «The kitchen is Dad's empire». tree →
sense in the lessons
In history: the Roman Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman, Aztec and Inca empires; empires rise and fall. In the Bible: the Roman Empire ruled the land where Jesus lived. In business news: media empires. Phrases: «rise and fall of an empire», «build an empire», «the Roman Empire».
examples
- The Roman Empire built roads across Europe. tree →
- Jesus was born when the Roman Empire ruled Judea. tree →
- She built a pizza empire from one small shop. tree →
- The British Empire once ruled many lands around the world. tree →
- The empire fell after many wars. tree →
- My little brother's empire is the sandpit. tree →
- Is there such a bird in my empire? and even in my garden? tree →
note
Countable. Capital letter in names: «the Roman Empire». A ruler is an «emperor» (man) or «empress» (woman). Adjective: «imperial». The «Empire State Building» is in New York.
In the corpora
- Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian all grew out of Latin, the language of the Roman Empire.
- Quechua was the language of the Inca Empire.
- In the 1200s and 1300s the Mongol Empire controlled most of the Silk Road, making it safer for traders to cross.
- The Ottoman sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire.
- Babur, a descendant of Timur and of Genghis Khan, founded the Mughal Empire by defeating the Delhi Sultan at Panipat in 1526.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «empire» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.