throne
noun /θrəʊn/
/θrəʊn/
Idioms - [countable] a special chair used by a king or queen to sit on at ceremonies
- He sat very upright in his chair, as if he were a king on his throne.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- vacant
- imperial
- …
- ascend
- assume
- come to
- …
- on the throne
- somebody’s accession to the throne
- a claimant to the throne
- a pretender to the throne
- …
- the throne[singular] the position of being a king or queen
- Queen Elizabeth came/succeeded to the throne in 1952.
- on the throne when Henry VIII was on the throne (= was king)
- Prince Charles is next in line to the British throne.
Wordfinder- abdicate
- accede
- crown
- king
- government
- monarch
- throne
- reign
- royal
- succession
Extra Examples- The marriage failed to produce an heir to the throne.
- a claimant to the vacant Spanish throne
- Left-wing revolutionaries toppled the king from his throne.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- empty
- vacant
- imperial
- …
- ascend
- assume
- come to
- …
- on the throne
- somebody’s accession to the throne
- a claimant to the throne
- a pretender to the throne
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French trone, via Latin from Greek thronos ‘elevated seat’.
Idioms
the (real) power behind the throne
- the person who really controls an organization, a country, etc. in contrast to the person who is legally in charge
- The president’s wife was suspected of being the real power behind the throne.