imperial
part of speech
adjective (imperial)
meaning for a pupil
1) Imperial means to do with an empire or an emperor, as in «the imperial palace». tree →
2) Imperial units are the old British system of measures, such as inches, feet, miles, pints, pounds and stones. tree →
3) (formal) Imperial can mean grand and commanding, like a powerful ruler. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths lessons, pupils convert between imperial and metric units: 1 inch is about 2.5 cm, 1 mile is about 1.6 km, 1 pint is about 568 ml in the UK. In everyday UK life, road signs show miles and people give height in feet and weight in stones; the US also uses its own customary units much like imperial. In history, imperial means linked to empires like the Roman or British Empire. Phrases: «imperial units», «imperial system», «Imperial Rome», «imperial palace».
examples
- The British still use imperial miles on road signs. tree →
- Convert 6 feet from imperial to metric. tree →
- The emperor lived in the imperial palace. tree →
- Imperial Rome ruled a huge area. tree →
- A pint is an imperial unit. tree →
- My grandad measures everything in inches, the imperial way. tree →
- The imperial army marched across the desert. tree →
- The Imperial messenger insisted, saying it was the Emperor’s order. tree →
note
Adjective. Opposite in measures: metric. Maths note: 12 inches = 1 foot; 3 feet = 1 yard; 1760 yards = 1 mile; 16 ounces = 1 pound; 14 pounds = 1 stone; 8 pints = 1 gallon. A US pint (about 473 ml) is smaller than a UK imperial pint (about 568 ml). Do not confuse with «impartial» (fair, not taking sides).
In the corpora
- Sousliks are a main food for steppe eagles, imperial eagles and steppe polecats, so when souslik colonies disappear these hunters disappear too.
- The last imperial dynasty, the Qing, ruled from 1644 to 1912.
Trees and pragmatics
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