Lobby - English meaning

noun

A small room leading to a main one.

Usage examples:

The antechamber to an interview room

noun

An anteroom formal

noun

An antechamber, typically serving as a waiting room.

Usage examples:

Beethoven claimed to goethe that he had rapped rudolph over the knuckles for keeping him waiting in…

noun

A small room, especially a waiting room, that leads into a larger, more important room

Usage examples:

The ministers waited for their meeting in the cabinet anteroom.

noun

A group of countries or political parties with common interests who have formed an alliance.

Usage examples:

The soviet bloc

noun

A group of countries or people that have similar political interests

Usage examples:

The european union is a powerful trading/trade bloc., the former eastern/communist bloc countries

noun

A place with temporary accommodation of huts, tents, or other structures, typically used by soldiers, refugees, or travelling people.

Usage examples:

Thousands of local residents face serious health problems in overcrowded refugee camps and temporar…

verb

Live for a time in a tent, especially while on holiday.

Usage examples:

Holiday parks in which you can camp or stay in a chalet

adjective

Deliberately exaggerated and theatrical in style, typically for humorous effect.

Usage examples:

The movie seems more camp than shocking or gruesome

noun

An organized course of action to achieve a goal.

Usage examples:

The campaign for a full inquiry into the regime

verb

Work in an organized and active way towards a particular goal, typically a political or social one.

Usage examples:

People who campaigned against child labour

noun

A planned group of especially political, business, or military activities that are intended to achieve a particular aim

Usage examples:

The protests were part of their campaign against the proposed building development in the area., th…

noun

A small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them.

Usage examples:

His flat became a haven for a clique of young men of similar tastes

noun

A small group of people who spend time together and do not want other people to join the group

noun

A small group of people who spend their time together and do not welcome other people into that group

Usage examples:

Clique of our golf club is run by a very unfriendly clique of people., there's a clique at work tha…

noun

A long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms.

Usage examples:

His room lay at the very end of the corridor

noun

A long passage in a building, ship, or train, esp. with rooms on one or both side

Usage examples:

The bathroom is at the end of the corridor., the boston to washington corridor, the route 28 corridor

noun

A long passage in a building or train, especially with rooms on either side

Usage examples:

Her office is at the end of the corridor.

noun

Each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by europeans to recover the holy land from the muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.

Usage examples:

The fanaticism engendered by the crusades

verb

Lead or take part in a vigorous campaign for social, political, or religious change.

Usage examples:

He crusaded against gambling in the 1950s

noun

A long and determined attempt to achieve something you strongly believe in

Usage examples:

She’s involved in the crusade for racial equality., he crusaded tirelessly for civil rights., a cru…

noun

An opening, such as a door, passage, or gate, that allows access to a place.

Usage examples:

The southern entrance of the palace

verb

Fill (someone) with wonder and delight, holding their entire attention.

Usage examples:

I was entranced by the city's beauty

noun

A door, gate, etc., by which you can enter a building or place

Usage examples:

[ c ] there are two entrances – one at the front and one at the back of the building., [ u ] entran…

noun

A small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics.

Usage examples:

The left-wing faction of the party

noun

A literary and cinematic genre in which real events are used as a basis for a fictional narrative or dramatization.

Usage examples:

The current vogue for faction seems about to overwhelm narrative history

combining form

In nouns of action derived from verbs ending in -fy (such as liquefaction from liquefy ).

noun

An entrance hall or other open area in a building used by the public, especially a hotel or theatre.

Usage examples:

The foyer of the concert hall

noun

A large, open area just inside the entrance of a public building such as a theater or hotel; lobby

noun

A large open area just inside the entrance of a public building such as a theatre or a hotel, where people can wait and meet each other

Usage examples:

In the foyer i'll see you downstairs in the foyer in half an hour.

noun

The room or space just inside the front entrance of a house or flat.

Usage examples:

Set on five acres, there is a reception hall, drawing room, anteroom, dining room, kitchen, pantry,…

noun

The area just inside the main entrance of a house, apartment, or other building that leads to other rooms and usually to the stairs

Usage examples:

In the hall i left my bags in the hall.

noun

A passage inside a house, apartment building, school, hotel, etc. with doors to other rooms or apartments along its sides

Usage examples:

Down the hall there is a meeting room down the hall from my office., along the hall she ran along t…

noun

Another term for hall (sense 1 of the noun).

noun

A hall

noun

A hall

verb

Harass (someone) persistently for or to do something.

Usage examples:

Reporters importuned him with pointed questions

verb

To make repeated, forceful requests for something, usually in a way that is annoying or causing slight problems

Usage examples:

Be importuned for as a tourist, you are importuned for money the moment you step outside your hotel.

verb

To ask for sex with someone in return for payment

Usage examples:

He was arrested for importuning a young boy outside the station.

noun

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Usage examples:

The influence of television violence

verb

Have an influence on.

Usage examples:

Government regulations can influence behaviour, but often without changing underlying values and mo…

verb

A power to affect persons or events

noun

The feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone.

Usage examples:

She looked about her with interest

verb

Excite the curiosity or attention of (someone).

Usage examples:

I thought the book might interest eliot

noun

The feeling of wanting to give your attention to something or of wanting to be involved with and to discover more about something

Usage examples:

I've always had an interest in astronomy., he never seems to show any interest in his children., un…

noun

A person who takes part in an organized attempt to influence legislators.

Usage examples:

Industry lobbyists pushed the government to undo the decision

noun

Someone who lobbies people in positions of authority

Usage examples:

A lobbyist for sth rutherford went to work as a consultant and lobbyist for the oil business., the …

noun

An act of moving.

Usage examples:

A slight movement of the body

noun

The act or process of changing a situation or event, or of changing the way something happens or is done

Usage examples:

[ c ] there has been a movement toward smaller families., the women’s movement works for better job…

noun

A change in a number, price, etc. for example on a financial market

Usage examples:

Movements in sth short-term movements in currency are difficult to predict., this stock market repo…

noun

The action or process of moving through or past somewhere on the way from one place to another.

Usage examples:

There were moorings for boats wanting passage through the lock

verb

Subject (a strain of microorganisms or cells) to a passage.

Usage examples:

Each recombinant virus was passaged nine times successively

noun

A movement performed in advanced dressage and classical riding, in which the horse executes a slow elevated trot, giving the impression of dancing.

noun

A long, narrow way, typically having walls either side, that allows access between buildings or to different rooms within a building.

Usage examples:

Her hotel was at the end of a narrow passageway off the main street

noun

→  passage

verb

Induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.

Usage examples:

It wasn't easy, but i persuaded him to do the right thing

verb

Cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief

noun

A formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority in respect of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

She was asked to sign a petition against plans to build on the local playing fields

verb

Present a petition to (an authority) in respect of a particular cause.

Usage examples:

The organization is petitioning the eu for a moratorium on the patent

noun

A document signed by a large number of people requesting some action from the government or another authority, or law a formal letter to a court of law requesting a particular legal action

Usage examples:

More than 2000 people signed a petition to protect a wildlife area from development., law she’s fil…

noun

A covered shelter projecting in front of the entrance of a building.

Usage examples:

The north porch of hereford cathedral

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Usage examples:

He pressed his face to the glass

noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

Usage examples:

A flower press

noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

Usage examples:

Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.

noun

Continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.

Usage examples:

The gate was buckling under the pressure of the crowd outside

verb

Attempt to persuade or coerce (someone) into doing something.

Usage examples:

It might be possible to pressure him into resigning

verb

Produce or maintain raised pressure artificially in (a gas or its container).

Usage examples:

The mixture was pressurized to 1,900 atmospheres

verb

To keep the air pressure in a submarine, plane, etc. at a level that is suitable for breathing

Usage examples:

He was pressurized into signing the agreement.

verb

Exert force on (someone or something) in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

She pushed her glass towards him

noun

An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself.

Usage examples:

He closed the door with a push

verb

Move with force, "he pushed the table into a corner"

verb

Ask for or try to obtain (something) from someone.

Usage examples:

He called a meeting to solicit their views

verb

To ask for something in a persuasive and determined way

Usage examples:

He’s soliciting funds to keep the library open., grace has run an online campaign to solicit employ…

verb

To ask someone for money

Usage examples:

He created a company website to solicit donations for victims of the disaster., solicit sth from sb…

noun

A person who approves of and encourages a public figure, political party, policy, etc.

Usage examples:

Labour supporters

noun

A person who actively helps someone

Usage examples:

Supporters of the bill expect it to pass., he is a strong supporter of states’ rights.

verb

Move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Usage examples:

He swayed slightly on his feet

noun

A rhythmical movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The easy sway of her hips

verb

Move back and forth

verb

Try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

He urged her to come and stay with us

noun

A strong desire or impulse.

Usage examples:

He felt the urge to giggle

verb

To encourage someone strongly to do something or to ask that something be done

Usage examples:

Party leaders urged her to run for congress., a human/natural urge, sometimes i get an urge to go s…

noun

An antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building.

Usage examples:

The trio rounded the end of the shelves and saw a crouched form behind the stone archway that made …

noun

A room just inside a house or building, through which you enter the building

Usage examples:

In the school’s vestibule is a sign reading, "enter here and find a friend.", you can hang your coa…