Empire
noun
A group of nations or people ruled by a single authority.
The Roman Empire was one the most powerful empires in the world
Often appears as...
- roman empire
- british empire
noun
A large organization or business, owned or controlled by one person or group.
He built a multi-million dollar real estate empire
Often appears as...
- real estate empire
- media empire
noun
A dress or robe style where the waist line is raised above the natural waist.
She wore a white empire-line dress on her wedding
Often appears as...
- empire-line dress
- empire dress
noun
In a game, the supreme controlling power operated by a player.
In the game, he built a space empire that expanded across the galaxy
Often appears as...
- gaming empire
- space empire
noun
A group of nations or people ruled by a single authority.
The Roman Empire was one the most powerful empires in the world
Often appears as...
- roman empire
- british empire
noun
A large organization or business, owned or controlled by one person or group.
He built a multi-million dollar real estate empire
Often appears as...
- real estate empire
- media empire
noun
A dress or robe style where the waist line is raised above the natural waist.
She wore a white empire-line dress on her wedding
Often appears as...
- empire-line dress
- empire dress
noun
In a game, the supreme controlling power operated by a player.
In the game, he built a space empire that expanded across the galaxy
Often appears as...
- gaming empire
- space empire
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Knowing the history behind empires can help understand their impact and legacy.
The British Empire once spanned across continents.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Dominance
Empires often spread their culture and language, influencing regions long after they fall.
The Roman Empire's Latin language influenced many European languages.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Tangible
An empire doesn't have to be geographically contiguous; it can span nonadjacent territories.
The Portuguese Empire included Brazil and parts of Africa and Asia.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Knowing the history behind empires can help understand their impact and legacy.
The British Empire once spanned across continents.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Dominance
Empires often spread their culture and language, influencing regions long after they fall.
The Roman Empire's Latin language influenced many European languages.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Tangible
An empire doesn't have to be geographically contiguous; it can span nonadjacent territories.
The Portuguese Empire included Brazil and parts of Africa and Asia.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Context
Knowing the history behind empires can help understand their impact and legacy.
The British Empire once spanned across continents.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Dominance
Empires often spread their culture and language, influencing regions long after they fall.
The Roman Empire's Latin language influenced many European languages.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Tangible
An empire doesn't have to be geographically contiguous; it can span nonadjacent territories.
The Portuguese Empire included Brazil and parts of Africa and Asia.
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Is the world getting...
subsisted in extreme poverty. Today, fewer than 10 percent of people do. For most of human history, the powerful states and empires were pretty much always at war with each other, and peace was a mere interlude between wars. Today, they are never at war with each other.
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booster proverb map it's a string map the Incan people would actually literally run string across different villages and cities within their empire and as they would run the string it would encode different types of messages based on what string they used and who
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The Rise of the Cali...
My uncle Gilberto built an economic empire. He wanted to fulfill his dream with my dad, because he wanted my dad to be a lawyer. And that's why I wanted to be a lawyer. I want to be like my dad. I wanted to help my family.
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Why the metric system...
other nations followed, with colonial empires spreading the system around the world. As France's main rival, Britain had resisted revolutionary ideas and retained its traditional units.
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Ants Use Grubs as Glue...
they'll eat any pests and by tying these strings between mango trees mr boonchu helps the ants get to new foraging grounds expanding their empire and protecting his orchard
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
and by tying these strings between mango trees mr boonchu helps the ants get to new foraging grounds expanding their empire and protecting his orchard
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Ferocious Hornet Moments...
but the dead queen's life has not been in vain from the ruins of the empire new lives emerge
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Hornet Queen Murdered By...
but the dead Queens life has not been in vain from the ruins of the empire new lives
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Ants Battle to Protect...
Raiders from a neighbouring weaver ant colony, looking to expand their own empire.
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
the foundations of the empire have been laid underground too
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Is the world getting...
subsisted in extreme poverty. Today, fewer than 10 percent of people do. For most of human history, the powerful states and empires were pretty much always at war with each other, and peace was a mere interlude between wars. Today, they are never at war with each other.
Video examples
Encoding culture PIPE...
booster proverb map it's a string map the Incan people would actually literally run string across different villages and cities within their empire and as they would run the string it would encode different types of messages based on what string they used and who
Video examples
The Rise of the Cali...
My uncle Gilberto built an economic empire. He wanted to fulfill his dream with my dad, because he wanted my dad to be a lawyer. And that's why I wanted to be a lawyer. I want to be like my dad. I wanted to help my family.
Video examples
Why the metric system...
other nations followed, with colonial empires spreading the system around the world. As France's main rival, Britain had resisted revolutionary ideas and retained its traditional units.
Video examples
Ants Use Grubs as Glue...
they'll eat any pests and by tying these strings between mango trees mr boonchu helps the ants get to new foraging grounds expanding their empire and protecting his orchard
Video examples
5 Reasons Ants Are...
and by tying these strings between mango trees mr boonchu helps the ants get to new foraging grounds expanding their empire and protecting his orchard
Video examples
Ferocious Hornet Moments...
but the dead queen's life has not been in vain from the ruins of the empire new lives emerge
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Hornet Queen Murdered By...
but the dead Queens life has not been in vain from the ruins of the empire new lives
Video examples
Ants Battle to Protect...
Raiders from a neighbouring weaver ant colony, looking to expand their own empire.
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
the foundations of the empire have been laid underground too
Example 1 of 10
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Skylar Grey
American Musician
I would say that nobody is going to work harder for your career than yourself - the one with the vision. No matter how many people you hire, nobody is going to get is as much as yourself does. So it's really important to be your own leader at all times and not hand it all off, otherwise the whole empire will fall apart.
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Amelia Barr
American Novelist
That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.
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Phoebe Robinson
American Comedian
I want to have an empire. I like being in front of the camera, performing - but I would like to get to a place where I'm also executive producing and bringing other people along. People of all different walks of life, highlighting their voices.
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Mitch Kapor
American Businessman
I've been around long enough to know that empires come and empires go, and I can't tell how long the Google empire is going to last - but I'm pretty convinced that the answer is less than forever.
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Darryl Pinckney
American Novelist
When I was in high school, I looked for the black presence in a British historical tradition - before too much slavery and empire - that would not cost me my self-respect.
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Javier Bardem
Spanish Actor
When you put gas in your car you are making a political statement, because you are supporting the empires that control and continue the destruction of some countries.
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Jason Calacanis
American Businessman
America might be a dying empire, but it's not going to die in our lifetime - and it doesn't have to die at all.
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Mark Rutte
Dutch Politician
As we all know from the Roman empire, big empires go down if the borders are not well-protected.
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Kwasi Kwarteng
British Politician
I think that running empires as a way of ordering the world is a flawed model.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
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Skylar Grey
American Musician
I would say that nobody is going to work harder for your career than yourself - the one with the vision. No matter how many people you hire, nobody is going to get is as much as yourself does. So it's really important to be your own leader at all times and not hand it all off, otherwise the whole empire will fall apart.
Quote examples
Amelia Barr
American Novelist
That is the great mistake about the affections. It is not the rise and fall of empires, the birth and death of kings, or the marching of armies that move them most. When they answer from their depths, it is to the domestic joys and tragedies of life.
Quote examples
Phoebe Robinson
American Comedian
I want to have an empire. I like being in front of the camera, performing - but I would like to get to a place where I'm also executive producing and bringing other people along. People of all different walks of life, highlighting their voices.
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Mitch Kapor
American Businessman
I've been around long enough to know that empires come and empires go, and I can't tell how long the Google empire is going to last - but I'm pretty convinced that the answer is less than forever.
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Darryl Pinckney
American Novelist
When I was in high school, I looked for the black presence in a British historical tradition - before too much slavery and empire - that would not cost me my self-respect.
Quote examples
Javier Bardem
Spanish Actor
When you put gas in your car you are making a political statement, because you are supporting the empires that control and continue the destruction of some countries.
Quote examples
Jason Calacanis
American Businessman
America might be a dying empire, but it's not going to die in our lifetime - and it doesn't have to die at all.
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Mark Rutte
Dutch Politician
As we all know from the Roman empire, big empires go down if the borders are not well-protected.
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Kwasi Kwarteng
British Politician
I think that running empires as a way of ordering the world is a flawed model.
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Winston Churchill
British Statesman
The empires of the future are the empires of the mind.
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