noun
1 group of countries
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , great , large , mighty , vast
▪ powerful
▪ far-flung
▪ colonial , overseas
▪
the decline of the old colonial ~s
▪ world
▪ ancient
▪ Ottoman , Roman , etc.
VERB + EMPIRE
▪ establish , found
▪ destroy , dismantle
▪
The Japanese ~ was quickly dismantled.
▪ expand , extend
▪ rule
▪ lose
▪
By now Britain had lost its ~.
EMPIRE + VERB
▪ grow
▪ collapse , crumble , fall , fall apart
▪
The mighty ~ finally crumbled.
EMPIRE + NOUN
▪ building
▪ builder
PHRASES
▪ the break-up of an ~ , the decline of an ~ , the fall of an ~
▪ part of an ~
▪
a country that is still part of the ~
2 group of companies/organizations
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , huge , large , vast
▪ little ( figurative )
▪
All the bureaucrats jealously guarded their own little ~s.
▪ business , commercial , financial , industrial , media
▪ global
VERB + EMPIRE
▪ build , build up , create
▪
He has built a huge business ~ from humble beginnings.
▪ expand
▪ run
▪
the staff who help run his hotel ~
EMPIRE + VERB
▪ collapse , crumble
PHRASES
▪ the collapse of an ~