lobby
An entryway or reception areaAn entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
» Tom met Mary in the lobby.
Том зустрів Мері у коридорі.
Meaning
10 sensesAn 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
That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
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
A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.
A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.
Near-synonyms: cowyard, paddock
A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.
A waiting area in front of a bank of elevators.
Lobby, Foyer, Vorraum
коридо́рkoridór, вестибю́льvestibjúlʹ, фойе́fojjé
коридо́рkorydór, вестибю́льvestybjúlʹ, фойє́fojjé
(West Midlands, uncountable)Lobscouse
My mam cooked us lobby for tea last night.
Examples
255 sentencesTom met Mary in the lobby.
Том зустрів Мері у коридорі.
Tell Tom to wait in the lobby.
Попроси Тома почекати в коридорі.
Tom waited for Mary in the lobby.
Том чекав на Мері в коридорі.
ruТом ждал Мэри в холле.
Tom is waiting for Mary in the lobby.
Том чекає на Мері в коридорі.
Tom and Mary arranged to meet in the lobby.
Том та Мері домовилися зустрітися в коридорі.
Translations
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By meaning 2
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Origin
From Medieval Latin lobia, lobium, laubia (“a portico, covered way, gallery”), borrowed frFrom 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: lobbiesSynonyms
15 synonyms- a large entrance or reception room or area:anteroomantechamberentrance hallhallfoyervestibule
- an interest group that tries to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor, typically through lobbying:special interestspecial-interest groupspecial interest groupadvocacy grouplobby grouppressure groupthird house
Word family
11 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- in the lobby
- the lobby at
- the lobby of
- lobby of the
- to the lobby