senate
part of speech
noun (a senate, senates; the Senate — a name)
meaning for a pupil
1) A senate is one of the two parts of the group that makes laws in some countries; in the USA, Australia, Canada, Ireland (Seanad) and others, the Senate is often called the «upper house». tree →
2) In ancient Rome, the Senate was a council of important men who advised and ruled the Roman Republic. tree →
3) In some universities, the senate is the group of senior teachers that runs the university. tree →
sense in the lessons
In citizenship lessons, the US Congress has two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate, with two senators from every state; both must agree to make a law. Australia's Parliament also has a House of Representatives and a Senate. In UK Parliament the matching part is the House of Lords. In history lessons about Rome, senators wore togas and Julius Caesar was killed in a meeting of the Senate. Phrases: the US Senate, a senate vote, the Roman Senate, senator.
examples
- The Senate voted on the new law. tree →
- Each US state has two senators in the Senate. tree →
- The Australian Senate meets in Canberra. tree →
- Julius Caesar was stabbed at a meeting of the Senate. tree →
- Roman senators wore white togas with purple stripes. tree →
- The bill must pass both the House and the Senate. tree →
- The university senate decides on new courses. tree →
- In the UK, the House of Lords is a bit like a senate. tree →
- A week or two passed by, and once more they appeared in the senate house. tree →
note
Countable: a senate, senates; capital S when naming a particular one: the Senate. A member is a «senator». Pronounced «SEN-it». Do not confuse with «Senate» and «Congress»: in the USA, Congress is the Senate plus the House of Representatives together.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «senate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.