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noun | verb lobbylobby1 /ˈlɑbi/ ●○○ noun (plural lobbies) [countable] ETYMOLOGYlobby1Origin: 1500-1600 Medieval Latin lobium covered way for walking 1 a wide area or large hall just inside the entrance to a public building → foyer: a hotel lobby2social studies, politics a group of people or companies who try to persuade the government or someone with political power to change a law so that it is more favorable to that particular group: The law has the support of the gun-control lobby. [Origin: 1500–1600 Medieval Latin lobium covered way for walking] noun | verb lobbylobby2 ●○○ verb (, lobbied, lobbying) [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLElobby |
Present | I, you, we, they | lobby | | he, she, it | lobbies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lobbied | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lobbied | | he, she, it | has lobbied | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lobbied | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lobby | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lobbied |
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Present | I | am lobbying | | he, she, it | is lobbying | | you, we, they | are lobbying | Past | I, he, she, it | was lobbying | | you, we, they | were lobbying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been lobbying | | he, she, it | has been lobbying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been lobbying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be lobbying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been lobbying |
social studies, politics to try to persuade the government or someone with political power to change a law to make it more favorable to you: lobby for/against Price lobbied hard for passage of the helmet law.lobby somebody to do something Alquist is lobbying the governor to sign the controversial bill. |