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empire
adjectives
a large/vast/huge empire
• The emperor Claudius ruled a vast empire stretching from Persia to Britain.
a great empire
(= large and powerful )
• The city was the centre of a great empire.
the Roman/British/Soviet etc empire
• The Barbarians finally overthrew the Roman empire.
a colonial empire
(= a group of countries ruled by another country that is far away )
• France had a huge colonial empire.
verbs
found an empire
(= start an empire )
• The Persian empire was founded by Cyrus the Great.
an empire grows
• As the empire grew, its new territories needed to be protected.
an empire falls/collapses
(= loses power suddenly )
• In A.D.476, the western part of the Empire collapsed.
an empire crumbles
(= loses power gradually )
• The vast empire was beginning to crumble.
phrases
the decline of an empire
(= the gradual decrease in an empire's power )
• The next two hundred years saw the gradual decline of the Roman empire.
the fall/collapse of an empire
(= the sudden end of an empire )
• After the battle of Waterloo, the collapse of Napoleon's empire was inevitable.
empire 2
adjectives
a business/financial/media etc empire
• His business empire is now worth over $20 billion.
a large/vast/huge empire
• He created a vast financial empire worth billions of dollars.
verbs
build (up) an empire
• She built her clothing empire from one small shop to an international chain.
run an empire
(= be in charge of it )
• She now runs a whole media empire.
an empire collapses
(= fails and ends suddenly )
• When the business empire collapsed, thousands of employees lost their jobs.
phrases
the collapse of an empire
• He left the country after the collapse of his construction empire.
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noun group of countries ADJ. big, great, large, mighty, vast | colonial, overseas the decline of the old colonial empires VERB + EMPIRE establish, found | dismantle The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. | expand | lose By now Britain had lost its empire. EMPIRE + VERB grow | collapse, crumble, disintegrate The mighty empire finally crumbled. PHRASES the break-up/decline/fall of an empire, part of an empire a country that is still part of the empire group of companies/organizations ADJ. big, huge, large | little (= used to criticize sb's attitude to the things they control) All the bureaucrats jealously guarded their own little empires. | business, commercial, financial, industrial, media VERB + EMPIRE build (up), create He has built a huge business empire from humble beginnings. EMPIRE + VERB collapse, crumble PHRASES the collapse of an empire
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