I don't quite understant the meaning of the sentence. Please help me.
The empire placed a huge bloc of the wordld's population under its control.
Please help me explain the meaning of the sentence.
What does the word "bloc" mean?

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I don't quite understant the meaning of the sentence. Please help me.
The empire placed a huge bloc of the wordld's population under its control.
Please help me explain the meaning of the sentence.
What does the word "bloc" mean?

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Here  ' bloc'  means part

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Jura’s example is correct. Here is the dictionary definition.
Bloc:
1.  a group of persons, parties or nations united for common action.
2.  a coalition, often bipartisan, of U.S. legislators acting together for some common interest: the farm bloc

The word comes from the Old French  "Block"