An embassy is a group of government officials, headed by an ambassador, who represent their government in a foreign country. The building in which they work is also called an embassy.
The American Embassy has already complained.
Mr Cohen held discussions at the embassy with one of the rebel leaders.
Synonyms: consulate, ministry, delegation, legation More Synonyms of embassy
embassy in British English
(ˈɛmbəsɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-sies
1.
the residence or place of official business of an ambassador
2.
an ambassador and his or her entourage collectively
3.
the position, business, or mission of an ambassador
4.
any important or official mission, duty, etc, esp one undertaken by an agent
Word origin
C16: from Old French ambassee, from Old Italian ambasciata, from Old Provençal ambaisada, ultimately of Germanic origin; see ambassador
embassy in American English
(ˈɛmbəsi)
nounWord forms: pluralˈembassies
1.
the position, functions, or business of an ambassador
2.
the official residence or offices of an ambassador in a foreign country
3.
an ambassador and his or her staff
4.
a person or group sent on an official mission to a foreign government
5.
any important or official mission, errand, or message
The British embassy contributed to the inauguration festivities by hosting a reception.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Foreign embassies are key sources of business for Washington's luxury hotels.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One of the first things he did was to contact the British embassy in Moscow to say he was available for questioning.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It also claimed that a number of embassy staff and ambassadors of various countries had crossed.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
We know he was a hardworking embassy official.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Well may he wonder if he has entered the embassy of a foreign power.
Christianity Today (2000)
They were too terrified to speak openly when embassy officials visited them.
The Sun (2011)
An astonished embassy official gave them tea.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
None can be salvaged by an attack on a foreign embassy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Often overlooked is the role of the local embassy officials who help to arrange the details of the tour.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The embassy building was closely guarded.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
Egypt has also suspended its embassy.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But the houses are largely leased to embassies, ambassadorial residences and a sprinkling of billionaires.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The British embassy took care of sending them home.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
France condemned the violence, which also damaged its embassy.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
I have tried ringing the embassy but no one answers.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The reopening of the embassy building comes four years after a mob ransacked it in a protest over Western sanctions.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Works of art worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are missing from British embassies and other official buildings around the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It called on American embassies worldwide to report on critical infrastructure and key resources essential to the minimal operations of the economy and government.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A new report reckons that only one in 40 of our ambassadors and embassy staff speak da lingo.
The Sun (2012)
The permanent embassy building with which we are so familiar had no counterpart in sixteenth-century London.
Jonathan Wright Ambassadors: From Ancient Greece to the Nation State (2006)
His pieces furnished offices, shops and many British embassy buildings.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Tourism bosses met British embassy officials yesterday to discuss how to clean up the resort's image.
The Sun (2014)
Its members move endlessly round the globe from one UK embassy to another, looking for gaps in security and suggesting improvements.
Geraghty, Tony The Bullet Catchers (1989)
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embassy
British English: embassy /ˈɛmbəsɪ/ NOUN
An embassy is a group of officials, headed by an ambassador, who represent their government in a foreign country.
...the American embassy.
American English: embassy
Arabic: سِفَارَة
Brazilian Portuguese: embaixada
Chinese: 大使馆
Croatian: veleposlanstvo
Czech: velvyslanectví
Danish: ambassade
Dutch: ambassade
European Spanish: embajada
Finnish: suurlähetystö
French: ambassade
German: Botschaft Regierung
Greek: πρεσβεία
Italian: ambasciata
Japanese: 大使館
Korean: 대사관
Norwegian: ambassade
Polish: ambasada
European Portuguese: embaixada
Romanian: ambasadă
Russian: посольство
Latin American Spanish: embajada
Swedish: ambassad
Thai: สถานทูต
Turkish: elçilik
Ukrainian: посольство
Vietnamese: đại sứ quán
Chinese translation of 'embassy'
embassy
(ˈɛmbəsɪ)
n(c)
大使馆(館) (dàshǐguǎn) (个(個), gè)
(noun)
Definition
an ambassador and his or her assistants and staff
The American Embassy has already made a formal complaint.