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# empire

«empire» in Mova's school dictionary: **A group of countries or lands ruled by one ruler or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empire/#m1)

2) A very large business or group of businesses controlled by one person or company: «a toy empire». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empire/#m2)

3) (informal) An area that someone controls: «The kitchen is Dad's empire». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empire/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empire/#x1)
- Jesus was born when the Roman Empire ruled Judea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empire/#x2)
- She built a pizza empire from one small shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empire/#x3)
- The British Empire once ruled many lands around the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empire/#x4)
- The empire fell after many wars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empire/#x5)
- My little brother's empire is the sandpit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empire/#x6)
- Is there such a bird in my empire? and even in my garden? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empire/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map/12/)
- [Quechua was the language of the Inca Empire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/25-languages-and-peoples-on-the-map/16/)
- [In the 1200s and 1300s the Mongol Empire controlled most of the Silk Road, making it safer for traders to cross.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/28-the-silk-road/16/)
- [The Ottoman sultan Mehmed II captured Constantinople in 1453, ending the Byzantine Empire.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/32-venice-the-ottomans-and-the-mediterranean/10/)
- [Babur, a descendant of Timur and of Genghis Khan, founded the Mughal Empire by defeating the Delhi Sultan at Panipat in 1526.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/35-the-mughals-the-ming-and-the-empires-of-asia/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «empire» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/empire/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.