imperial meaning
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US WImperial
- Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or the concept of imperialism.
- Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to:
EN Imperial 
- NounPLimperialsSUF-ial
- A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
- (paper, printing) A printing-paper size measuring 30 by 22 inches.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game differing from piquet in some minor details, and in having a trump.
- (card games, countable) Any of several combinations of cards which score in this game.
- A bottle of wine (usually Bordeaux) containing 6 liters of fluid, eight times the volume of a standard bottle.
- AdjectiveCOMmore imperialSUPmost imperial
- Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- Relating to the British imperial system of measurement.
- Very grand or fine.
- Of special, superior, or unusual size or excellence.
- Related to an empire, emperor, or empress.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- It would be smallmindedly chauvinistic to pretend that Scotland was other than a strong participant in the furthering of British Imperial ambitions.
- [T. E.] Lawrence said that in the end he felt himself to be fighting not for the imperial British but for the rebellious Arabs. All too often he conflicted with British bureaucratic fustiness.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Imperial Flanders included the early-medieval countship of Aalst (Alost)
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of imperial in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
- en imperialism
- en imperialist
- en imperials
- en imperially
- en imperialise
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "imperial" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.