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Meaning of "emprise" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EMPRISE

From Old French, from emprendre to undertake.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EMPRISE

emprise  [ɛmˈpraɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMPRISE

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adjective
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Emprise is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EMPRISE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

The Trigon Disunity

The Trigon Disunity is a series of three books written by science fiction author Michael P. Kube-McDowell. Emprise was a Philip K. Dick Award nominee, and placed second in the annual Locus Poll for best first novel. The first edition covers were by Ron Miller. ▪ Emprise : The world has been devastated by the Food and Fuel Wars turning once-powerful nations into loose groupings of isolated farming communities. Barter has replaced currency, and scientists — blamed for the world's misery — are burned at the stake. Hidden in the Idaho hills, astronomer Allen Chandliss struggles to maintain his primitive radio telescope, listening in secret for signs of the intelligent life, which may be the only hope to improve things on Earth. After seventeen years a repeating signal is received from Cassiopeia. He manages to send a message to a group of scientists in England. The race is on to decode the signal and then find the resources to respond to it...

Definition of emprise in the English dictionary

The definition of emprise in the dictionary is a chivalrous or daring enterprise; adventure. Other definition of emprise is chivalrous daring or prowess.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMPRISE


apprise
əˈpraɪz
apprize
əˈpraɪz
arise
əˈraɪz
authorize
ˈɔːθəˌraɪz
comprise
kəmˈpraɪz
disprize
dɪsˈpraɪz
enterprise
ˈɛntəˌpraɪz
fries
fraɪz
mainprise
ˈmeɪnˌpraɪz
misprise
mɪsˈpraɪz
misprize
mɪsˈpraɪz
outprize
ˌaʊtˈpraɪz
overprize
ˌəʊvəˈpraɪz
prise
praɪz
prize
praɪz
rise
raɪz
sunrise
ˈsʌnˌraɪz
surprise
səˈpraɪz
underprise
ˌʌndəˈpraɪz
underprize
ˌʌndəˈpraɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMPRISE

emporium
empoverish
empoverisher
empoverishment
empower
empowering
empowerment
empress
empresse
empressement
Empson
empt
emptiable
emptied
emptier
empties
emptiest
emptily
emptiness
emptins

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMPRISE

authorise
brise
cerise
crise
earthrise
en prise
Forest Enterprise
free enterprise
grise
high-rise
low-rise
moonrise
October surprise
private enterprise
public enterprise
reprise
spirit of enterprise
take by surprise
terrorise
uprise

Synonyms and antonyms of emprise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «emprise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMPRISE

Find out the translation of emprise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of emprise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «emprise» in English.

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的Emprise
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emprise
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emprise
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emprise
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emprise
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Emprise
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Emprise
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emprise
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emprise
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Emprise
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EMPRISE
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壮図
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emprise
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Nggoleki
85 millions of speakers
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Emprise
80 millions of speakers

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emprise
75 millions of speakers

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मोहक
75 millions of speakers

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emprise
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emprise
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emprise
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Emprise
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emprise
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EMPRISE
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emprise
14 millions of speakers
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emprise
10 millions of speakers
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Emprise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of emprise

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPRISE»

The term «emprise» is quite widely used and occupies the 50.440 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMPRISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «emprise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «emprise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about emprise

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMPRISE»

Discover the use of emprise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to emprise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Where Angels Fear to Tread: The Zygan Emprise:
"TV teen stars, Shiloh Rush and William "Spud" Escott, take off on non-stop adventure in this fantasy/science fiction mystery/thriller guaranteed to excite and delight readers" -- Jacket
Yolanda Pascal, 2009
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Emprise: The Trigon Disunity
Seventeen years after the Food and Fuel Wars devastated Earth, transforming a once powerful civilization into isolated farming communities in which scientists are burned at the stake, astronomer Allen Chandliss, hidden in the Idaho hills, ...
Michael P. Kube-McDowell, 2003
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Tables des surface de déblai et de remblai, des largeurs ...
|36| 08 0,0984 09 0,0607 0. lo 0,0230 10. Telles sont les formules fondamentales que Тай appliquées. On peut les résumer comme il suit. Soit L la largeur de l' emprise, non compris la zone de garantie, pour le demi_ profil en travers où Гоп  ...
Félix LEFORT, 1862
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Tables des surfaces de déblai et de remblai, des largeurs ...
... les formules fondamentales que j'ai appliquées. Оп peut les résumer comme il suit. Soit L la largeur de l'emprise, non compris la zone de garantie, pour le demiprofil en travers où l'on admet une déclivité constante; . ь xv1 INTRODUCTION.
Félix LEFORT, 1863
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Middle English Dictionary
... list of 3our wilfullnes, Only of foly and of hastines To pis emprise of heed to procede, Or wher 3e list. . Sauen 3our silfe. .Liche as 3e schal. .ber is no more to seie. whether-so-ever pron. Also wedersoever, (?error) whebir- ofeuer.
Hans Kurath, Sherman McAllister Kuhn, Robert E. Lewis, 2000
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Mother Jones Magazine
Emprise. Find John Adamson." Eleven days later Bolles died. Mafia. Emprise. John Adamson. The Mafia is an organization of Sicilians that has become so intertwined with the fabric of American political and economic life that it will never be ...
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A Lexical Concordance to the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer: E-L
1: emprentyng[l] F FK 834 The emprentyngofhire consolacioun, emprentyng — ' emprenting ger. empressid — Mmpressen v. empriented — 'emprenten v. emprientid — 'emprenten v. emprise n. [ <MED>; <OED> s.v. emprise, emprize sb .] ...
Akio Oizumi, 2003
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Modes of Seduction: Sexual Power in Balzac and Sand
In his article on relations of emprise, Dorey explains this term as a double action of appropriation and domination whereby one person seeks absolute power over the other: [I]n a relation of emprise it is always and very electively an issue of ...
Deborah Houk Schocket, 2005
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Renegade Paladins: The Zygan Emprise
Singularity Channel viewers may recognize Hollywood actress Shiloh Rush as Ensign Tara Guard from the sci-fi TV series Bulwark, but nobody knows Shiloh is leading a double life.
Y. S. Pascal, 2012
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Computerworld
omputer Industry Time ripe for software start-up Emprise Technologies focuses on distributed systems management The Fifth Wave by Rich Tennant. Brief Dell posts gains Showing little impact from persisting PC pricingpressures, Dell ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMPRISE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term emprise is used in the context of the following news items.
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Crise de gouvernance
... continuent à jouer au yo-yo au gré d'événements sur lesquels le pays n'a nulle emprise, les députés de la nation, et avec eux le pouvoir en ... «El Watan, Jul 15»
2
Rencontre avec l'ambassadeur Américain, Johnnie Carson : «La …
55% du Mali se retrouve sous l'emprise des rebelles. Mais, selon les experts, seulement 10 à 15% de la population malienne vit dans cette ... «Malijet - Actualité malienne, Jul 15»
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Le "non" grec: "C'est un signe du déficit démocratique en Europe"
... la gestion de la crise et de gestion économique, et que dans le Conseil européen il y a des États qui ont de l'emprise sur certaine décisions". «RTBF, Jul 15»
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Nouvelle Audi A5 Coupé (2016) : photos et infos - Scoop auto
Le temps n'a pas eu d'emprise sur la ligne classique mais statutaire de l'A5, tout comme son contenu technologique régulièrement mis à ... «Auto-Moto, Jul 15»
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Inceste: famille, je me tais
Elles sont souvent sous l'emprise d'un fantasme d'un mari idéal, et le pire souvent pour elles c'est d'être abandonnées par leur mari ou conjoint. Elles parlent ... «L'express.mu, Jul 15»
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« Beaucoup de Syriens ont déjà intégré l'idée d'une partition du pays »
Ils se battront, parce qu'ils connaissent déjà le sort que leur réserverait al-Nosra si la ville tombait sous son emprise. Que signifierait la perte ... «L'Orient-Le Jour, Jul 15»
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Le Captagon, une drogue au service du jihad
D'après le Daily Mail, l'homme qui a ouvert le feu sur la plage de Sousse en Tunisie le 26 juin était sous l'emprise d'une drogue «identique à ... «Libération, Jul 15»
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Wichita man out 25 grand after scammers impersonate police
The man told police he was approached June 19th by another man and a woman in a parking lot outside the Emprise bank near 19th and ... «KWCH, Jun 15»
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Jerod Corbus joins Emprise Bank in McPherson
Emprise Bank is pleased to announce it has hired Jerod Corbus as a personal banker at its new McPherson branch. Corbus is the fourth team ... «McPherson Sentinel, Jun 15»
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Barack Obama dénonce «l'emprise» du lobby des armes
Tuerie de Charleston Le président américain Barack Obama a dénoncé «l'emprise extrêmement forte» du lobby américain des armes à feu sur ... «24heures.ch, Jun 15»

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