English to English
lobby
('l/A/b/i/
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noun (n)
- a large entrance or reception room or area(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest(noun.group)source: wordnet30
- a group of people who try actively to influence legislation(noun.group)source: wordnet30
- A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes.(verb)source: webster1913
- To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill.(verb)source: webster1913