lobby
🇺🇸
/ˈlɑːbi/
🇬🇧
/ˈlɒbi/
noun
C1
A large room near the entrance of a building where people can wait or meet.
You can wait for your friend in the lobby of the hotel.
R
In the UK Parliament, a big hall open to the public for meeting politicians.
People often gather in the lobby to talk to Members of Parliament.
C1
A group that tries to persuade politicians about an issue.
The gun lobby works to influence laws about firearms.
R
An effort to influence politicians on an issue.
Nurses organized a lobby to ask for better pay.
verb
R
To try to persuade politicians or the government to support something.
Farmers will lobby the government for more support.
translation
A large room near the entrance of a building where people can wait or meet.; In the UK Parliament, a big hall open to the public for meeting politicians.; A group that tries to persuade politicians about an issue.; An effort to influence politicians on an issue.
To try to persuade politicians or the government to support something.
Word Forms
3rd Present
lobbies
Past
lobbied
Perfect
lobbied
Progressive
lobbying
Plural
lobbies