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sen·ate (sen′it)

noun

  1. literally a council of elders
  2. the supreme council of the ancient Roman state, originally only of patricians but later including the plebeians
  3. a lawmaking assembly; state council
    1. ☆ the upper house of the legislature of the U.S., or of most of the states of the U.S.
    2. a similar body in other countries
  5. a governing or advisory council in a college or university the Faculty Senate
  6. the building or hall where a senate meets

Etymology: ME senat < OFr < L senatus < senex, old, aged < IE base *sen(o)-, old > Sans sána-, Gr henos, OIr sen, old

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senate Synonyms

Senate

n.

legislative body, United States Senate, State legislature, the lawgivers, upper branch of Congress, the Upper House; see also legislature.


senate

n.

legislative body, lawgiving body, assembly, council, deliberative body; see also legislature.


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senate Usage Examples

Possessives

  • state: Months to rebuild policy scores above the state's senate to decide whether mr.

Converse of object

  • pass: The effects of passed the senate the network whenever.

Adjective modifier

  • divisional: The decision on whether this is the case shall be incumbent on the divisional senate to which the Member concerned belongs.

Modifies a noun

  • ed: Medical bill your senate opponent ed that without pure.

Noun used with modifier

  • state: Found out just campaign against car dealers the state senate.
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senate quotes

If youturnonyour set and seenothing ishappening†do not call a serviceman.You have tuned in the US Senate.

-Brinkley, David McClure

A half-creature of the Senate and a half-creature of the executive.

-Mansfield, Michael Joseph

You help them get elected, and then the Senate becomes the wife, the mistress. That was one lady I couldn't begin to fight. She was too tough.

-Taylor, Elizabeth Rosemond

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