- 1a group of officials led by an ambassador who represent their government in a foreign country embassy officials to inform the embassy of the situation Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveforeign, American, British, … verb + embassyclose, open, reopen, … embassy + nounbuilding, compound, official, … prepositionat an/the embassy, in an/the embassy, outside an/the embassy, … See full entry
- 2 the building in which an embassy works a demonstration outside the Russian Embassy Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectiveforeign, American, British, … verb + embassyclose, open, reopen, … embassy + nounbuilding, compound, official, … prepositionat an/the embassy, in an/the embassy, outside an/the embassy, … See full entry compare consulate, high commission Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally also as ambassy denoting the position of ambassador): from Old French ambasse, based on Latin ambactus ‘servant’. Compare with ambassador. Wordfinderallyaccord, ally, bilateral, cross-border, diplomat, embassy, international, rapprochement, relationship, treatyExtra examples She works at the Malaysian embassy in Buenos Aires. They broke off diplomatic relations and closed the embassies in each other’s country. a fire in the Spanish embassy a protest outside the American embassy
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