lobby

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /lɒbi/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /lɑbi/

• Audio (UK)

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• Hyphenation: lob‧by

Noun

Singular lobby

Plural lobbies

1. (countable) A lobby is the entrance of a building.

   Please wait in the lobby for the tour guide.

2. (countable) A lobby is a group of people who try to change the policy of a government.

   The U.S. anti-gun lobby is trying to change gun laws.

Verb

Plain form lobby

Third-person singular lobbies

Past tense lobbied

Past participle lobbied

Present participle lobbying

1. (transitive & intransitive) When you lobby something, you attempt to change a decision or policy.

   The group lobbied to have the law repealed.

Related words

• lobbyist