sovereignty
US: /ˈsɑvɹənti/
UK: /sˈɒvəɹˌɪnti/
UK: /sˈɒvəɹˌɪnti/
English Vietnamese dictionary
sovereignty /'sɔvrinti/
- danh từ
- quyền tối cao
- chủ quyền
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U] (formal)
1 ~ (over sth) complete power to govern a country: The country claimed sovereignty over the island. + the sovereignty of Parliament + (figurative) the idea of consumer sovereignty
2 the state of being a country with freedom to govern itself: The declaration proclaimed the full sovereignty of the republic.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
suzerainty, hegemony, dominion, rule, pre-eminence, power, jurisdiction, authority, leadership, command, sway, supremacy, ascendancy, primacy:
Anyone who doubted his sovereignty was seized and thrown into a dungeon.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
absolute, full, unlimited
Demonstrators demanded full sovereignty for the self-proclaimed republic.
| limited | inalienable | joint, shared | national, popular | British, Japanese, etc. | consumer, economic, legal, parliamentary, political, territorial
VERB + SOVEREIGNTY
enjoy, exercise, have
China exercises sovereignty over Hong Kong.
| share | claim, declare, establish, proclaim | give sb/sth, grant sb/sth | give up, relinquish, renounce | violate | defend
SOVEREIGNTY + VERB
reside (in/with sb/sth)
Sovereignty resides with the people.
PREP.
~ over
The treaty gave Edward III sovereignty over Calais and the whole of Aquitaine.
PHRASES
a claim to sovereignty
Two countries have a claim to sovereignty over the islands.
| a declaration of sovereignty
Protesters called on the government to adopt a declaration of sovereignty.
| a loss of sovereignty
the partial loss of sovereignty to supranational institutions
| the sovereignty of Parliament/the people
This constitutes an attack on the sovereignty of Parliament.
| a transfer of sovereignty
fears about the transfer of sovereignty to the European Union
| a violation of sovereignty
Concise English dictionary
sovereignties'sɑvrəntɪ /'sɒv-
noun
+government free from external control
+royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
+the authority of a state to govern another state
