Meaning

10 senses
  1. An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.

    I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.

    a large entrance or reception room or area

  2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.

  3. A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.

    Near-synonym: special interest

    The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.

    Lobby

    ло́ббиlóbbi

    ло́біlóbi

  4. A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.

  5. A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.

  6. An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

  7. A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.

    Near-synonyms: cowyard, paddock

  8. A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.

  9. A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.

    Lobby, Foyer, Vorraum

    коридо́рkoridór, вестибю́льvestibjúlʹ, фойе́fojjé

    коридо́рkorydór, вестибю́льvestybjúlʹ, фойє́fojjé

  10. (West Midlands, uncountable)Lobscouse

    My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.

Examples

255 sentences
  1. Tom met Mary in the lobby.

    Том зустрів Мері у коридорі.

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  2. Tell Tom to wait in the lobby.

    Попроси Тома почекати в коридорі.

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  3. Tom waited for Mary in the lobby.

    Том чекав на Мері в коридорі.

    ruТом ждал Мэри в холле.

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  4. Tom is waiting for Mary in the lobby.

    Том чекає на Мері в коридорі.

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  5. Tom and Mary arranged to meet in the lobby.

    Том та Мері домовилися зустрітися в коридорі.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
group of people who try to lobby:
entryway or waiting area; vestibule:
Русский
By meaning 2
group of people who try to lobby:
entryway or waiting area; vestibule:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
group of people who try to lobby:
entryway or waiting area; vestibule:

Origin

From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed fr

From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed from Frankish *laubijā (“arbour, shelter”), related to Old English lēaf (“foliage”). More at leaf. Doublet of leaf, lodge, and loggia.

Shortened from lobscouse.

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Forms

plural: lobbies
Singularlobby
Plurallobbies

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • in the lobby
  • the lobby at
  • the lobby of
  • lobby of the
  • to the lobby

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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