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empire

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Singular
empire

Plural
empires

A map showing The British Empire in 1921.
  1. (countable) An empire is a large country that has taken control of many other countries.
  2. (countable) An empire is a country led by an emperor or empress.
  3. (countable) An empire is a large amount of property and power that a person might have.
    No mater how rich he got, he kept trying to build his empire bigger.
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