(lobbies, ~ing, lobbied)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ someone such as a member of a government or council, you try to persuade them that a particular law should be changed or that a particular thing should be done.
Carers from all over the UK lobbied Parliament last week to demand a better financial deal...
Gun control advocates are ~ing hard for new laws...
VERB: V n, V for/against n
~ing
The aid was frozen in June after intense ~ing by conservative Republicans.
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2.
A ~ is a group of people who represent a particular organization or campaign, and try to persuade a government or council to help or support them.
He set up this ~ of independent producers.
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3.
In a hotel or other large building, the ~ is the area near the entrance that usually has corridors and staircases leading off it.
I met her in the ~ of the museum.
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