empires

4 definitions • 8 examples

a group of countries ruled by a single person, government, or country:

the Holy Roman Empire

a very large and important business or organization:

In the space of just ten years, her company has grown from one small retail outlet to a multi-million-dollar empire.

a group of countries ruled by a single person, government, or country:

the British/Soviet Empire

a large group of businesses that are controlled by a powerful company or person:

build/create/expand an empire Entrepreneur Rocco Forte built his empire from budget hotels and motorway services.

control/run an empire Besides running a fashion empire, he also functioned as director of no less than three banks.

an entertainment/media/publishing empire

a business/property empire

a gobal/international/worldwide empire