Dynasty - English meaning

determiner

Used when referring to someone or something for the first time in a text or conversation.

Usage examples:

A man came out of the room

abbreviation

(in travel timetables) arrives.

Usage examples:

Penzance a 0915

symbol

(in units of measurement) atto- (10−18).

noun

One's family or ethnic descent.

Usage examples:

He was proud of his irish ancestry

noun

Your ancestors who lived a long time ago, or the origin of your family

Usage examples:

He was proud of his native american ancestry., his wife was of royal ancestry., the family has trac…

noun

Occupation of a position of dominant power or influence.

Usage examples:

The ascendancy of good over evil

noun

The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.

Usage examples:

He had absolute authority over his subordinates

noun

The power to control or demand obedience from others

Usage examples:

[ u ] the police have no legal authority in these disputes., [ u ] we have to find someone in autho…

noun

The official power to make decisions for other people or to tell them what they must do

Usage examples:

The executive committee can delegate authority to the chairperson., he did not have enough authorit…

noun

An animal's set of ancestors or pedigree, especially with reference to the desirable characteristics bred into it.

Usage examples:

The herd has british bloodlines going back 200 years

noun

All the members of a family group of people or animals over a period of time, especially when considering their shared family characteristics

Usage examples:

Ismailis believe that a bloodline joins the aga khan to mohammed., this is a pedigree poodle - her …

noun

An act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling.

Usage examples:

The plane had gone into a steep descent

noun

The origin of people in your family background

Usage examples:

Their mother is of irish descent (= family origin)., the descent of dozens of motorcycles terrified…

noun

Sovereignty or control.

Usage examples:

Man's attempt to establish dominion over nature

noun

Control over a country or people, or the land that belongs to a ruler

Usage examples:

[ u ] the collapse of spain’s empire prepared the way for britain’s dominion over the seas.

noun

An extensive group of states or countries ruled over by a single monarch, an oligarchy, or a sovereign state.

Usage examples:

The roman empire

adjective

Denoting a style of furniture, decoration, or dress fashionable chiefly during the first empire in france. the decorative style was neoclassical but marked by an interest in egyptian and other ancient motifs.

Usage examples:

It glories in its louis xiv and empire style, all marble, gilt and elaborate stucco.

noun

A group of countries ruled by a single person, government, or country

Usage examples:

The british/soviet empire

noun

The action of extracting something, especially using effort or force.

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Mineral extraction

noun

The process of removing or taking out something

Usage examples:

[ c ] a tooth extraction, [ u ] she is of korean extraction.

noun

The process of removing a substance from the ground or from another substance

Usage examples:

The local economy is overwhelmingly dependent on oil and gas extraction., hard-rock mining refers t…

noun

A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Usage examples:

The family lived in a large house with a lot of land

adjective

Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.

Usage examples:

A family newspaper

noun

A social group of parents, children, and sometimes grandparents, uncles, aunts, and others who are related

Usage examples:

[ c ] her family moved here when she was eleven., [ u ] many people cope with the demands of both c…

noun

A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.

Usage examples:

The genealogies of the kings of mercia

noun

The study of the history of the past and present members of a family, or a particular history of this type

Usage examples:

[ c ] he has produced a genealogy of his family going back to 1732.

noun

The group of people with the authority to govern a country or state; a particular ministry in office.

Usage examples:

The government's economic record

noun

A building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys.

Usage examples:

My wife and i are moving to a new house

verb

Old-fashioned term for bingo.

A dwelling that serves as living quarters for a family

noun

A long, narrow mark or band.

Usage examples:

A row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line

verb

Stand or be positioned at intervals along.

Usage examples:

A processional route lined by people waving flags

verb

Cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.

Usage examples:

A basket lined with polythene

noun

Direct descent from an ancestor; ancestry or pedigree.

Usage examples:

A dutch nobleman of ancient lineage

noun

A government, especially an authoritarian one.

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Ideological opponents of the regime

noun

A particular government, or a system or method of government

Usage examples:

A communist/totalitarian regime

noun

A particular way of operating or organizing a system, an economy, etc.

Usage examples:

An investment/a pricing/a tax regime many individual employees will benefit from this favourable ta…

verb

Hold royal office; rule as monarch.

Usage examples:

Queen elizabeth reigns over the uk

noun

The period of rule of a monarch.

Usage examples:

The original chapel was built in the reign of charles i

verb

To rule a country, or to have power or control

Usage examples:

The reign of louis xiv

noun

One of a set of explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct or procedure within a particular area of activity.

Usage examples:

The rules of cricket

verb

Short for australian rules.

noun

An accepted principle or instruction that states the way things are or should be done, and tells you what you are allowed or are not allowed to do

Usage examples:

The company's chief executive failed to enforce federal workplace rules., if you broke the rule, yo…

noun

Supreme power or authority.

Usage examples:

The sovereignty of parliament

noun

The power or authority to rule

noun

A number of people or things of a similar kind following one after the other.

Usage examples:

She had been secretary to a succession of board directors

noun

A series of things coming one after another

Usage examples:

[ c ] a succession of scandals, [ u ] in rapid succession he lost his job, his wife, and his health…

noun

A number of similar people or events that exist or happen one after another

Usage examples:

A succession of sth the company has been involved in a succession of accounting scandals., they emp…