parliament
US: /ˈpɑɹɫəmənt/
UK: /pˈɑːləmənt/
UK: /pˈɑːləmənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
parliament /'pɑ:ləmənt/
- danh từ
- nghị viện; nghị trường
- (the parliament) nghị viện Anh
- to summon Parliament: triệu tập nghị viện
- member of Parliament
- (viết tắt) nghị sĩ
- bánh gừng giòn ((cũng) parliament cake)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 [C, sing.+sing./pl. v.] the group of people who are elected to make and change the laws of a country: The German parliament is called the 'Bundestag'.
2 (Parliament) [U+sing./pl. v.] the parliament of the United Kingdom, consisting of the House of Commons and the House of Lords: a Member of Parliament + the issue was debated in Parliament + an Act of Parliament + to have / win a seat in Parliament + to be elected to Parliament
3 (also Parliament) [C, U] a particular period during which a parliament is working; Parliament as it exists between one GENERAL ELECTION and the next: We are now into the second half of the parliament. + to dissolve Parliament (= formally end its activities) and call an election
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Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 Parliament. Houses of Parliament, House of Lords and House of Commons, Westminster, the House, Mother of Parliaments:
The new health bill got its second reading in Parliament today.
2 legislature, council, congress, diet, council, assembly, Upper and Lower House or chamber:
The United States parliament consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Concise English dictionary
parliaments'pɑrləmənt /'pɑːl-
noun
+a legislative assembly in certain countries
+a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
