British Empire
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a former empire consisting of Great Britain and all the territories under its control; reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I; it included the British Isles, British West Indies, Canada, British Guiana; British West Africa, British East Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand
the sun never sets on the British Empire
Types & categories
- geographical area instance hypernym
Parts & wholes
- British West Indies member meronym
- Canada member meronym
- Australia member meronym
- British Isles member meronym
- British East Africa member meronym
- British West Africa member meronym
- India member meronym
- Guyana member meronym
- New Zealand member meronym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | British West Indies |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Canada |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Australia |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | British Isles |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | British East Africa |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | British West Africa |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | India |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | Guyana |
| 1 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | New Zealand |
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | geographical area |