- a 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 Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- American
- British
- …
- close
- open
- reopen
- …
- building
- compound
- official
- …
- at an/the embassy
- in an/the embassy
- outside an/the embassy
- …
- the building in which an embassy works
- a demonstration outside the Russian Embassy
Extra ExamplesTopics Buildingsc1- a fire in the Spanish embassy
- a protest outside the American embassy
- They broke off diplomatic relations and closed the embassies in each other's country.
- She works at the Malaysian embassy in Buenos Aires.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- foreign
- American
- British
- …
- close
- open
- reopen
- …
- building
- compound
- official
- …
- at an/the embassy
- in an/the embassy
- outside an/the embassy
- …
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.
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See embassy in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary- accord
- ally
- bilateral
- cross-border
- diplomat
- embassy
- international
- rapprochement
- relationship
- treaty
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