LOBBY (lobbied)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lobby mean?
• LOBBY (noun)
The noun LOBBY has 3 senses:
1. a large entrance or reception room or area
2. the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
3. a group of people who try actively to influence legislation
Familiarity information: LOBBY used as a noun is uncommon.
• LOBBY (verb)
The verb LOBBY has 1 sense:
1. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Familiarity information: LOBBY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LOBBY (noun)
Meaning:
A large entrance or reception room or area
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
antechamber; vestibule; lobby; foyer; entrance hall; anteroom; hall
Hypernyms ("lobby" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lobby"):
narthex (a vestibule leading to the nave of a church)
Holonyms ("lobby" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Meaning:
The people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("lobby" is a kind of...):
people ((plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively)
Meaning:
A group of people who try actively to influence legislation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
pressure group; third house; lobby
Hypernyms ("lobby" is a kind of...):
political entity; political unit (a unit with political responsibilities)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lobby"):
National Rifle Association; NRA (a powerful lobby that advocates the right to own and bear arms and rejects any gun regulation by the government)
• LOBBY (verb)
Meaning:
Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
buttonhole; lobby
Hypernyms (to "lobby" is one way to...):
beg; solicit; tap (make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently)
Sentence frames:
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