(n.) The dominion of an emperor; the territory or countries under the jurisdiction and dominion of an emperor (rarely of a king), usually of greater extent than a kingdom, always comprising a variety in the nationality of, or the forms of administration in, constituent and subordinate portions; as, the Austrian empire.
(n.) Any dominion; supreme control; governing influence; rule; sway; as, the empire of mind or of reason.
Example Sentences:
(1) The issue of the Schizophrenia Bulletin is devoted to articles representing this full range of conceptual and empirical work on first-episode psychosis.
(2) The authors empirically studied the self-medication hypothesis of drug abuse by examining drug effects and motivation for drug use in 494 hospitalized drug abusers.
(3) It is time to start over with an approach to promoting wellbeing in foreign countries that is empirical rather than ideological.
(4) In later years, the church built a business empire that included the Washington Times newspaper, the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan, Bridgeport University in Connecticut, as well as a hotel and a car plant in North Korea.
(5) Comparisons between predicted and observed results of studies using different coalition paradigms show considerable empirical support for the model.
(6) Though the concept of phase, known also as focus, is a very helpful notion, its empirical foundation is yet very weak.
(7) This empirical fact has in recent years been increasingly dealt with in pertinent German-language literature, the discussion clearly emphasizing the demand that programmes aimed at the vocational qualification of unemployed disabled persons be provided, along with accompanying measures.
(8) The current work utilizes an empirical relationship between HbO2 saturation measurements and reflected light oximetry, which is consistent with the two-flux theory of Kubelka and Munk (Z.
(9) Energy conformational calculations on these compounds were also carried out using the empirical energy program called MOLMEC, in order to better understand how the 4-R substituents modulate receptor binding affinities and efficacies.
(10) The resultant scales were administered to a small sample for preliminary empirical testing.
(11) We conclude that the concept of the limbic system cannot be accepted on empirical grounds.
(12) Based on a large, ongoing empirical research effort to determine factors associated with the successful community adjustment of troubled adolescents leaving residential treatment, this paper focuses on multiple indicators of success measured at multiple points of time in the treatment process.
(13) Given that patient preferences constitute a central concept within the framework of HRQL, further empirical evaluation of utility measures of preference is fundamental to improving the HRQL measurement tool-kit.
(14) The discovery of this vast tranche of documents has prompted historians to suggest that a major reappraisal of the end of Britain's empire will be required once these materials have been digested – a "hidden history" if ever there were one.
(15) The similarities in methods of intervention found in the work of investigators of very different theoretical persuasion raise the possibility that most treatment methods owe more to empirical clinical experience than to their presumed derivation from a theoretical model.
(16) This study is directed toward the empirical elaboration of four of these issues as they relate to adjustment in the community.
(17) The Assyrian Empire, though it did fluctuate in strength, had gone down finally over six hundred years before this scene is set.
(18) In addition to a detailed description of the method, examples for its applications are given, including concomitant investigations of the same cells by empirical staining, immunostaining, and fluorescence histochemistry of biogenic monoamines; colocalization of multiple peptides to the same cells and corresponding specificity controls; three-dimensional reconstructions based upon immunostained serial semithin sections; quantitative (computer-assisted) determinations of immunoreactivities.
(19) The purpose of this study was to test an empirically based prediction model of school dropout on a sample of 137 juvenile delinquents, some who have dropped out and some who have remained in school.
(20) Comparison with other pinch strength studies established that although force magnitudes may be strongly influenced by specific experimental conditions, empirical relationships among different pinch forces are fairly stable and predictable.
Umpire
Definition:
(n.) A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed.
(n.) A third person, who is to decide a controversy or question submitted to arbitrators in case of their disagreement.
(v. t.) To decide as umpire; to arbitrate; to settle, as a dispute.
(v. t.) To perform the duties of umpire in or for; as, to umpire a game.
(v. i.) To act as umpire or arbitrator.
Example Sentences:
(1) The umpires allow them a different one, perhaps because the previous incumbent was wet - it landed in a puddle, where the water-sucking thing had egested, apparently.
(2) 11.21pm GMT Tweets Jeremiah Tittle (@WWWJT) @LengelDavid @Paolo_Bandini @HunterFelt @GdnUSsports remove the wooden beam from your own eye before you remove the speck from the umpires'.
(3) While nobody wants to see a World Series game end on an umpiring decision, it looks like the officials made the right call here ( watch them explain it themselves here ).
(4) As parliamentary umpire, Bishop could have used her imperious manner to have all members shaking in their boots.
(5) If the catcher blocks the runner before he has the ball, the umpire may call the runner safe.
(6) Updated at 3.33pm BST 2.30pm BST 57th over: England 124-6 (Ali 32, Prior 0) "Re over-chirping players," says Austin Elliott, "surely the umpires need a meaningful sanction?
(7) The six umpires conferred and then did exactly that, changing the ruling .
(8) He is the first active MLB umpire to die since John McSherry passed away of a heart attack on the field in Cincinnati on opening day in 1996, an incident that any baseball fan old enough remembers well.
(9) 2.31am BST Tigers 0 - Red Sox 0, bottom of the 3rd The umpires confer and, yes, it's just a strike on Pedey.
(10) "This is your fault," match umpire Ian Gould tells him as the players wait for the clouds to clear.
(11) Broad looks to use his front pad outside off, sparking two yelped appeals and two shakes of the head from umpire Davis.
(12) Third base umpire Jim Joyce made the obstruction call.
(13) Berdych probably set the drama rolling by complaining to the umpire about the balls, although Murray said he did not get involved in that discussion.
(14) It’s quite clear that umpires have no idea to judge the new rule that banned runners from barreling into catchers at the plate, one that came into effect this offseason.
(15) I used to have a reputation for arriving at cricket matches very early in my umpiring days and I will be getting to the ground this afternoon an hour and 20 minutes before the kick-off to make sure I don't miss anything.
(16) The controversial ruling came just days after the umpires had been at the heart of a key play in Game One, when a reversed ruling gave Boston the opportunity to score heavily .
(17) The public can see through this partisan political attack by the unions and the Labor party on one of Australia’s most distinguished and eminent jurists.” “Our political opponents, the Labor party, have been seeking to attack the umpire in this royal commission, namely justice Heydon himself, from day one,” he said.
(18) Updated at 3.32pm BST 2.12pm BST 53rd over: England 108-5 (Root 18, Ali 30) It's odd, this - the umpires tell the players to shut up, they say they will, they don't, and round and round.
(19) I can't tell but the umpires have called Young out which means the Rangers are out of this jam.
(20) It's a low fastball that Adams lets go - he's upset, Molina pops out of the dugout to make sure he's not ejected by the umpire for arguing balls and strikes, and that's the inning.