empire

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɛmpaɪə/

名詞

group of countries controlled by one government

日本語の意味

帝国 / 一つの政府・支配者によって統治される複数の国や地域の集まり

英語の意味

group of countries controlled by one government

やさしい日本語

帝国（ていこく）です。一（ひと）つの政府（せいふ）や支配者（しはいしゃ）が治（おさ）める、複数（ふくすう）の国（くに）や地域（ちいき）の集（あつ）まりです。

ドイツ語

Reich / Imperium / Staatenverbund unter einer Herrschaft

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The ancient empire stretched across three continents, uniting diverse peoples under a single emperor.

その古代の帝国は三大陸にまたがり、多様な民族を一人の皇帝のもとに統一していた。

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意味（1）

A political unit, typically having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations (especially one comprising one or more kingdoms) and ruled by a single supreme authority.

the Russian empire

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意味（2）

A political unit ruled by an emperor or empress.

The Empire of Vietnam was a short-lived client state of Japan governing Vietnam between March 11 and August 23, 1945.

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意味（3）

The group of states or other territories that owe allegiance to an imperial power (foreign to them), when distinguished from the native territory of that power; imperial possessions.

British people … continued to believe in empire. It was what gave Britain a unique role in the world, and in return Britain had drawn strength from its empire to enable it to survive two great wars that had wrecked so many of its competitors. Imperial management in the twentieth[…]

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意味（4）

An expansive and powerful enterprise under the control of one person or group.

the McDonald's fast food empire

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意味（5）

(Absolute) control, dominion, sway.

The brutality, the unthinking, the unreflecting character of the barbarians were so great, that the new faith, the new feelings with which they had been inspired, exercised but a very slight empire over them.

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empires （ plural ）