the Senatenoun
uk/ˈsen.ət/us/ˈsen.ət/the Senate noun (POLITICS)
the more important of the two groups of politicians who make laws in some countries such as the US, Australia, and France:
the French/Australian Senate
The US Senate has 100 members.
The law has no chance of being passed by the Senate.
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- The senate will have the power to veto laws passed by the lower house.
- The senate has passed a proposal to set a national drunk driving standard.
- He is the oldest member of the 55-strong Republican majority in the US senate.
- He is the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee.
- The senate is debating a more lenient bill.
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International relations: United States politics & government
- bicameral
- Capitol
- Capitol Hill
- confederacy
- congressional
- congressional district
- impeach
- joint resolution
- lame duck
- override
- pentagon
- PEOTUS
- Planned Parenthood
- representative
- republican
- tea party
- the Articles of Confederation
- the CIA
- the Democratic Party
- the FBI
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the Senate noun (EDUCATION)
the group of people who control a college or university
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University & college education
- academe
- academia
- academic
- business school
- campus
- Cantabrigian
- go up
- grad
- graduate
- grove
- hall of residence
- honour
- intercollegiate
- rector
- red-brick
- registrar
- semester
- sorority
- student union
- varsity
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