entire empire

collocation in English

meaningsofentireandempire

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entire
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪnˈtaɪər/us
/ɪnˈtaɪr/
whole or complete, with ...
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empire
noun[C]
uk
/ˈem.paɪər/us
/ˈem.paɪr/
a group of countries ruled by a single person, government, ...
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(Definition ofentireandempirefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In these accounts, the factory product is a synecdoche for theentireempire-wide and subject-deep factory system.
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In the meantime, corruption takes its toll on the outside world as well: theentireempireis destabilizing.
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The people of theentireempire, regardless of how far they were from the capital, hated him greatly.
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Finally, he wanted to knit together theentireempireinto a single cohesive unit.
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And finally, he wanted to knit together theentireempireinto a single cohesive unit.
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There is also an enhanced vacation mode that offers full invulnerability to anentireempire.
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Maize was grown across theentireempire, in the highland terraces, valley farms and also on the chinampas.
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Wonders provide a variety of major benefits to a specific city, all cities on a continent or to anentireempire.
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Charlemagne brought a consistent system of measures across theentireempire.
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There was also development in fishing activity, producing the valued "garum" or "liquamen", a condiment obtained from the maceration of fish, preferably tuna and mackerel, exported throughout theentireempire.
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Theodosius wanted to further unify theentireempirebehind the orthodox position and decided to convene a church council to resolve matters of faith and discipline.
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