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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sen•ate /ˈsɛnɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable* sometimes: Senate;
sometimes: the + ~]- Governmentan assembly having the highest law-making powers in a government:elected to the California State Senate.
- a governing or advisory body, as at some universities.
See -sene-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sen•ate (sen′it),USA pronunciation n. - Governmentan assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, esp. a legislative assembly of a state or nation.
- Government(cap.) the upper house of the legislature of certain countries, as the United States, France, Italy, Canada, Ireland, Republic of South Africa, Australia, and some Latin American countries.
- Governmentthe room or building in which such a group meets.
- Ancient History[Rom. Hist.]the supreme council of state, the membership and functions of which varied at different periods.
- a governing, advisory, or disciplinary body, as in certain universities.
- Latin senātus council of elders, equivalent. to sen(ex) old + -ātus -ate3
- Middle English senat 1175–1225
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: senate /ˈsɛnɪt/ n - any legislative or governing body considered to resemble a Senate
- the main governing body at some colleges and universities
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin senātus council of the elders, from senex an old man Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Senate /ˈsɛnɪt/ n (sometimes not capital)- the upper chamber of the legislatures of the US, Canada, Australia, and many other countries
- the legislative council of ancient Rome. Originally the council of the kings, the Senate became the highest legislative, judicial, and religious authority in republican Rome
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