embassy

🇺🇸 /ˈembəsi/ 🇬🇧 /ˈembəsi/
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Tags TOP10000Oxford5000CEFR-B1
noun
C1

a group of people from one country who work in another country to represent their government

The embassy helped citizens who lost their passports while traveling abroad.

C1

the building where embassy officials work in a foreign country

The new embassy building has better security and more office space.

translation

n. a group of people from one country who work in another country to represent their government; the building where embassy officials work in a foreign country

Word Forms

Plural embassies