He was elected to the Senate in the last election.
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Senate
/ˈsɛnət/
Synonyms for "senate" (50 found)
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Noun(8 words)
senate bodysenate membershipsenatorsu.s. senateunited states senateupper chamberupper houseus senate
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9 entriesdeliberative assemblydeliberative bodygeneral assemblygoverning bodylaw-makerslegislative assemblylegislative bodylegislaturepolitical institution
More specific
4 entriesfederal senatesenate committeesenatorial caucusstate senate
Collocations
6 entriessenate chambersenate committeesenate floorsenate majoritysenate proceedingssenate rules
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σύγκλητος name (Roman senate)
Arabic
3 entries- مَجْلِس name (legislative body)
- مَجْلِس أَعْلَى name (legislative body)
- مَجْلِس اَلشُّيُوخ اَلرُّومَانِيّ name (Roman senate)
Armenian
1 entries- ծերակույտ name (Roman senate)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 上議院 /上议院 name (Canadian senate)
- 參議院 /参议院 name (Canadian senate)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 上議院 /上议院 name (Canadian senate)
- 元老院 name (Roman senate)
- 參議院 /参议院 name (legislative body)
- 參議院 /参议院 name (Canadian senate)
Dutch
2 entries- senaat name (legislative body)
- senaat name (Roman senate)
Finnish
3 entries- senaatti name (legislative body)
- senaatti name (Roman senate)
- senaatti name (Canadian senate)
French
4 entries- Sénat name (legislative body)
- Sénat name (Roman senate)
- Sénat name (Canadian senate)
- sénat name (legislative body)
Georgian
2 entries- სენატი name (legislative body)
- სენატი name (Roman senate)
German
2 entries- Senat name (legislative body)
- Senat name (Roman senate)
Greek
2 entries- γερουσία name (legislative body)
- σύγκλητος name (Roman senate)
Hebrew
1 entries- סנאט name (legislative body)
Italian
1 entries- Senato name (Roman senate)
Japanese
4 entries- 上院 name (legislative body)
- 元老院 name (legislative body)
- 元老院 name (Roman senate)
- 参議院 name (legislative body)
Korean
2 entries- 상원 name (legislative body)
- 원로원 name (Roman senate)
Polish
1 entries- Senat name (Roman senate)
Portuguese
2 entries- senado name (legislative body)
- senado name (Roman senate)
Russian
4 entries- Сена́т name (Roman senate)
- сена́т name (legislative body)
- сена́т name (Roman senate)
- сена́т name (Canadian senate)
Spanish
2 entries- Senado name (Roman senate)
- senado name (legislative body)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Tom was elected to the Senate in 2008.
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He was first elected to the Senate in 1984.
Source: tatoeba (803230)
The American Senate quickly approved the treaty.
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