- parliament
- nounADJECTIVE▪ current, present▪ new▪ outgoing▪ bicameral, unicameral▪ elected▪ hung (BrE)▪
The election resulted in a hung parliament, followed by the resignation of the prime minister.
▪ federal, national, provincial, regional, stateVERB + PARLIAMENT▪ stand for (esp. BrE)▪He first stood for Parliament in 2001.
▪ enter, get into▪ be in, sit in▪He sat in Parliament for over forty years.
▪ elect (sb to)▪a popularly elected parliament
▪ return sb to (esp. BrE)▪He was returned to Parliament in 2001 as MP for Appleby.
▪ represent sb/sth in▪ address▪The President will address the Canadian parliament during his trip.
▪ bring sth before (esp. BrE), introduce sth into (esp. BrE), present sth to, put sth before (esp. BrE)▪ be before, come before, go before (all esp. BrE)▪The bill will come before Parliament next month.
▪ get through, go through, pass through▪ force sth through, push sth through, put sth through▪The government was accused of forcing the bill through Parliament.
▪ lobby, petition (esp. BrE)▪ mislead (esp. BrE)▪ convene▪ recall▪ dissolve, prorogue (BrE)▪The bill has to be passed before parliament is prorogued.
▪ suspend▪ be accountable to, be responsible to▪ dominate▪The ruling National Democratic Party dominates parliament.
▪ storm▪Angry protestors stormed the parliament.
PARLIAMENT + VERB▪ adopt sth, approve sth, enact sth, lay sth down, pass sth, ratify sth▪The Commission is guided by rules laid down by Parliament.
▪ reject sth▪ vote (on sth)▪ debate sth▪ legislate (on sth)▪Parliament may legislate on any matter of penal law.
▪ be in session, convene, meet, sit (esp. BrE)▪Parliament will be in session until December.
▪ rise (BrE)▪the day Parliament rises for the summer recess
▪ reconvene, resume▪Parliament reconvenes next month.
PARLIAMENT + NOUN▪ building▪ chamber (esp. BrE)▪The floor of the Scottish parliament chamber contains seating for 128 members.
▪ minister, official (both esp. BrE)▪a senior parliament official
PREPOSITION▪ in parliament▪her first year in Parliament
PHRASES▪ an Act of Parliament (BrE)▪ a house of parliament▪The National Assembly is the lower house of the French Parliament.
▪ the lifetime of a parliament (esp. BrE)▪It will take at least the lifetime of a parliament to put the health service in order.
▪ a majority in parliament▪The party has a two-thirds majority in Parliament.
▪ a Member of Parliament▪ sth's passage through Parliament▪Sponsors of the bill agreed to concessions in order to smooth its passage through Parliament.
▪ a seat in Parliament▪The party failed to win any seats in Parliament.
▪ a session of Parliament
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
