0 a group of countries ruled by a single person, government, or country:
1 a very large and important business or organization:
2 a group of countries ruled by a single person, government, or country:
the British/Soviet Empire
3 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 gobal/international/worldwide empire
the tsarist empire
the Austro-Hungarian empire
It used to be said that Britain ruled an empire on which the sun would never set.
The temple ruins are a distant reminder of a vanished empire.
This century saw the dismemberment of the empire.
He owns a huge publishing empire.
It is the world's largest media and entertainment empire.
