Meaning

An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor..

Definitions by Sense

1. An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
2. That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.
3. (politics) A class or group of interested people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.
4. (videoconferencing) A virtual area where meeting attendees can await admittance from an authorized person.
5. (video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.
6. (nautical) 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.
8. A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.

Example Sentences

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

Near-synonym: special interest

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

Near-synonyms: cowyard, paddock

Ranger Leslie Thompson, assigned to elevator duty, brought the elevator to the surface about 12:30 to bring down the tourists who were in the lobby of the elevator tower at that time.

For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.

2002, Jim Hightower, in Wikiquote The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Yeah, it's not a big deal. I lobbied for fuel-cell technology on Capitol Hill. I'm friends with Sandy Bullock, really good friends. Who cares? It's not a pissing contest, right, J?

Word Forms

• lobbies
• lobbying
• lobbied

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