lobby1 nounlobby2 verb
lobbylob‧by1 /ˈlɒbi $ ˈlɑːbi/ ●○○ noun (plural lobbies) [countable] 
WORD ORIGINlobby1
Origin:
1500-1600 Medieval Latin lobium ‘covered way for walking’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The law has the support of the gun-control lobby.
- And then we were going down the stairs to the lobby.
- Both classes shared a lobby which had racks on two levels for coats.
- But the minister had not allowed for pressure from a powerful lobby, that of family associations and pro-life groups.
- He walked from the Red Field into the lobby and there was no place to sit.
- In his lobby the building management had set up a television screen so that the doorman could watch for criminals.
- It is a textbook case of how effectively corporate lobbies work in Brussels, not just Washington.
- Perhaps it is time to recognise that the country-sport vote and lobby should also be taken seriously.
- The tropical plants in the lobby, I notice, are fake as well.
WORD SETS
adjoin, verbalcove, nounantechamber, nounanteroom, nounapartment block, nounapse, nounarcade, nounart gallery, nounatrium, nounattic, nounauditorium, nounawning, nounback door, nounback-to-back, nounbailey, nounbalcony, nounbalustrade, nounbanister, nounbarn, nounbasilica, nounbastion, nounbay window, nounblock, nounbrownstone, nounbungalow, nounbunkhouse, nounbyre, nouncabin, nouncampanile, nouncanteen, nouncarport, nouncasement, nouncastle, nounceiling, nouncellar, nouncentre, nounchalet, nounchamber, nounchancel, nounchanging room, nounchateau, nounchimney, nounchimney breast, nounchimney pot, nounchimney stack, nouncladding, nounclerk of works, nouncloakroom, nouncloister, nounclubhouse, nouncoatroom, nouncocktail lounge, nouncolonnade, nouncolumn, nouncommon room, nouncomplex, nouncompound, nounconcourse, nouncondominium, nounconservatory, nounconvent, nouncoping, nouncornerstone, nouncorn exchange, nouncorridor, nouncottage, nouncountry house, nouncountry seat, nouncourthouse, nouncowshed, noundado, noundance hall, noundetached, adjectivedoor, noundoorpost, noundormer, nounedifice, nounentry, nounentryway, nounestate, nounestate agent, nounextension, nouneyrie, nounfacade, nounfallout shelter, nounfamily room, nounfarmhouse, nounfire door, nounfire escape, nounfire station, nounfitment, nounfixture, nounflatlet, nounflight, nounfloor, nounfolly, nounforecourt, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoyer, nounfrontage, nounfront room, nounfuneral home, noungable, noungabled, adjectivegargoyle, noungrandstand, noungrange, noungranny flat, noungrille, nounground floor, nounguardhouse, nounguesthouse, nounguildhall, noungutter, nounguttering, noungym, noungymnasium, nounhabitation, nounhall, nounhallway, nounhatch, nounhatchway, nounhayloft, nounhealth centre, nounhigh-rise, adjectivehospice, nounhospital, nounlaboratory, nounlanding, nounleaded lights, nounlean-to, nounledge, nounlightning conductor, nounlintel, nounlobby, nounlodge, nounloft, nounlog cabin, nounlounge, nounlouvre, nounmaisonette, nounmezzanine, nounmilking parlour, nounmoving staircase, nounmullion, nounnave, nounniche, nounoast house, nounobelisk, nounoffice building, nounoratory, nounoutbuilding, nounouthouse, nounoverhang, nounparapet, nounparty wall, nounpediment, nounpenthouse, nounperistyle, nounpicture window, nounpilaster, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplatform, nounplumber, nounplumbing, nounpodium, nounpoint, verbPortakabin, nounpotting shed, nounpresbytery, nounpress gallery, nounprivy, nounpublic convenience, nounpyramid, nounrafter, nounrail, nounrampart, nounribbon development, nounrotunda, nounsanctuary, nounschoolhouse, nounscience park, nounsepulchre, nounservice charge, nounshack, nounshed, nounshop front, nounskylight, nounskyscraper, nounsliding door, nounsmokestack, nounsmoking room, nounspiral staircase, nounspire, nounsports centre, nounstack, nounstadium, nounstair, nounstaircase, nounstairway, nounstairwell, nounstall, nounstately home, nounstateroom, nounstation, nounsteeple, nounstep, nounstonework, nounstoop, nounstoreroom, nounstorm cellar, nounstory, nounstudio, nountenement, nountepee, nounterrace, nountheatre, nountoilet, nountool shed, nountower block, nountown hall, nountownhouse, nountransept, nountransom, nountrapdoor, nountreasury, nounturret, nounvault, nounvaulted, adjectivevaulting, nounventilator, nounvestibule, nounvilla, nounwalkway, nounwall, nounwatchtower, nounwater tower, nounweatherboard, nounwedding chapel, nounwing, nounwoodshed, nounworkhouse, nounworkroom, nounworkshop, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Some members supported the opposition in the division lobbies (=the rooms where the vote takes place).
1a wide passage or large hall just inside the entrance to a public building SYN foyer: · The business lobby has warned the government against raising taxes.
· The business lobby have warned the government against raising taxes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Some members supported the opposition in the division lobbies (=the rooms where the vote takes place). (=an area at the entrance to a large building)· There was no sign of her in the entrance foyer.
· She waited for him in the hotel lobby.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Some critics echo the radical anti-abortion lobby in comparing stem cell research to the Holocaust.· But anti hunt lobby say they won't go that far.
· A tactful environmental lobby, a sympathetic farmer and a smattering of goodwill on both sides may continue to produce encouraging results.· So far environmental lobbies have been extremely reluctant to allow radioactive materials to be flown in a chemical rocket.· There is a strong environmental lobby.· Yet they must not lose the support of the environmental lobby or local Conservative councillors.
· Motoring groups were pleased, but the cuts failed to appease hardline fuel campaigners, and infuriated the green lobby.· In the eyes of the green lobby, that spells larger, more industrialised farming.· No branch of nuclear technology is more detested and feared by the anti-nuclear and green lobbies than fast breeders.
· One stands proudly in the main lobby of the student union at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.· Although the main lobby and upstairs corridors extend through both buildings, he never goes through the County Building.
· In most countries the fishing industry has a powerful political lobby, with jobs and profits taking priority.· But the minister had not allowed for pressure from a powerful lobby, that of family associations and pro-life groups.· There were powerful lobbies working against the film and perhaps not surprisingly it was given no further publicity in terms of awards or nominations.· Those in the business therefore should create strong interest groups to form a powerful lobby.
NOUN· The bathroom was boxed off, giving a tiny entrance lobby as you entered the flat.
· Stonewall, the gay lobby group, has been given a £ 900,000 lottery grant for a project to combat homophobia.· A public interest lobby group on Thursday tagged Texas Sen.· With Thatcher running amok through the welfare state, lobby groups are preoccupied defending what was once thought unassailable.
· Bodie had arrived in the hotel lobby just after Lin Foh had left his room.· In the hotel lobby she continues to teach her own hard-learned lessons.· I am unaware that any of this is going to happen as I enter the hotel lobby on my way to dinner.· Dominic had met one person in the hotel lobby, in Paris.· Rachel is inside the hotel lobby, waiting for me to walk her upstairs and round off our meal.· We left the vast ballroom and headed for the bar in the hotel lobby.· As I walk through the hotel lobby in Manila I know that something is up.· Time-share hucksters lurk in many hotel lobbies.
a hotel lobby I’ll meet you in the entrance lobby.2a)a hall in the British parliament where members of parliament and the public meet b)one of the two passages in the British parliament where members go to vote for or against a bill3a group of people who try to persuade a government that a particular law or situation should be changed: the anti-foxhunting lobby a powerful environmental lobby groupGRAMMAR: Singular or plural verb?• In this meaning, lobby is usually followed by a singular verb: · The business lobby has warned the government against raising taxes.• In British English, you can also use a plural verb: · The business lobby have warned the government against raising taxes.Grammar guide ‒ NOUNS4an attempt to persuade a government to change a law, make a new law etc: a mass lobby of Parliament by women’s organizationslobby1 nounlobby2 verb
lobbylobby2 ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle lobbied, present participle lobbying, third person singular lobbies) [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLE
lobby
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | lobby |
| he, she, it | lobbies | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lobbied |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lobbied |
| he, she, it | has lobbied | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lobbied |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lobby |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lobbied |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am lobbying |
| he, she, it | is lobbying | |
| you, we, they | are lobbying | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was lobbying |
| you, we, they | were lobbying | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been lobbying |
| he, she, it | has been lobbying | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been lobbying |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be lobbying |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been lobbying |
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- About half the money Raytheon spent lobbying last year went to four government lobbyists and strategists.
- Clinton vetoed the bill after being lobbied by trial lawyers, but Congress overrode the veto.
- Perhaps it's time to begin lobbying?
- Please encourage class members to lobby their local councils about cuts in classes, either personally or by petition.
- The president's lobbying on behalf of his programme was uneven and spasmodic.
- We need to lobby our leaders to work for peace and to use its dividends wisely.
- Wright said lobbying to keep red tape and regulatory cost to a minimum for local companies will be a priority.
WORD SETS
adversarial, adjectiveamnesty, nounanarchism, nounanarchist, nounanticlerical, adjectivearms control, nounbigot, nounbigoted, adjectivebigotry, nounbilateral, adjectiveBlimp, nouncarpetbagger, nouncaucus, nounchancellor, nouncoalition, nounconsensus, nounconstituency, nounconstitutionalism, nounconsumerism, nouncredo, noundemagogue, noundestabilize, verbdétente, noundisorder, noundissent, noundivine right, nounferment, nounfirebrand, noungerrymandering, nounheartland, nounhonours list, nouninterventionist, adjectiveisolationism, nounliberal, adjectiveliberal, nounliberalism, nounlobby, nounlobby, verbMaoism, nounnationalistic, adjective-ocracy, suffix-ocrat, suffixopinion-makers, nounopinion poll, nounpersonality cult, nounpetition, nounphoto opportunity, nounplacard, nounplatform, nounpolitical, adjectivepolitical asylum, nounpolitical geography, nounpolitical machine, nounpopulist, adjectivepork barrel, nounprivilege, nounpropaganda, nounrealpolitik, nounrevolution, nounsoapbox, nounsound bite, nounstump, verbsubversive, adjectivesubvert, verbwar of words, nounwheeler-dealer, nounwheeling and dealing, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Some members supported the opposition in the division lobbies (=the rooms where the vote takes place).
to try to persuade the government or someone with political power that a law or situation should be changedlobby for/against Some members supported the opposition in the division lobbies (=the rooms where the vote takes place). (=an area at the entrance to a large building)· There was no sign of her in the entrance foyer.
· She waited for him in the hotel lobby.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· I know that he lobbies hard on behalf of his constituents.· They have lobbied hard for complete segregation on tunnel trains, similar to the operation of cross-Channel ferries.· Cheshire's chemical industry has been lobbying hard for cuts in electricity pricing.
· Big business joined together to form a climate change coalition to lobby successfully against the protocol.· Inevitably he came into conflict with the developers, who lobbied successfully to destroy his project.
NOUN· Crawford is one of the founders of the International Dark-Sky Association, which lobbies governments to adopt pollution standards.
· Christie's has even gone to Washington to lobby for the bill.· She has spent much of the last year lobbying Congress against bills that would intrude upon wilderness areas in her state.· Various organisations have lobbied me about the Bill.
· Expert groups in many Western countries have already decided to lobby for changes towards a healthier lifestyle without waiting for results.· A state politician who also lived in Oak Ridge lobbied for changes in the rules.
· After the war he founded the Disabled Society, lobbying the government to improve the quality of artificial limbs.· Porter Monday and begin advising corporate clients on how to lobby the government.· And despite lobbying of government and foreign aid agencies in Ouagadougou, there is still nothing but the foundations in place.· What of a doctor who is pro-choice and wants to lobby her own government with her own views?· A delegation of councillors is lobbying the Government because they say the noise is unbearable.· The foundation also lobbies the government to increase surveillance and research into this disease, and it sponsors international conferences.· From the economy's viewpoint, resources devoted to lobbying the government or maintaining deliberate over-capacity may also be largely wasted.· The fund had to lobby the federal government -- successfully -- to relax certain investment deadlines.
· The group also lobbied the next meeting of Tipperary County Council for support for further tests.· I am not sure this group will do direct lobbying.· The steering group would lobby for improvements.· Consumer groups have lobbied against the idea, saying that only insurers will benefit from the plan.· Environmental groups have been lobbying for years about the issue.· Industry groups have lobbied for these to be given permanent status.· Ten years ago they formed themselves into the Hargeisa Group to lobby the government for a better deal for the north.
· Cheshire's chemical industry has been lobbying hard for cuts in electricity pricing.· Individual industries have lobbied Congress to provide special protections just for them.· The pharmaceuticals industry has lobbied extensively to make sure that poor countries don't take advantage of these rules.
· In recent years, Christians from the two traditions have cast aside centuries of hostility to lobby on political issues.· The bar was sued earlier this year for lobbying the Legislature on issues unrelated to the legal profession.· The lawyers are a frequent rival of the insurers in lobbying on insurance issues.
· Strom, who is stepping down Jan. 19 to open his own law and lobbying firm.
The group is lobbying for a reduction in defence spending.lobby somebody to do something We’ve been lobbying our state representative to support the new health plan.—lobbyist noun [countable]