PARLIAMENT


Meaning of PARLIAMENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pɑ:(r)ləmənt ]

also Parliament

( parliaments)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

The parliament of some countries, for example Britain, is the group of people who make or change its laws, and decide what policies the country should follow.

Parliament today approved the policy, but it has not yet become law.

N-COUNT ; N-PROPER

see also Houses of Parliament , Member of Parliament

2.

A particular parliament is a particular period of time in which a parliament is doing its work, between two elections or between two periods of holiday.

The legislation is expected to be passed in the next parliament.

N-COUNT

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