From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Collegesenatesen‧ate, Senate /ˈsenət/ ●○○ noun1PGPa)the Senate the smaller and more important of the two parts of the government with the power to make laws, in countries such as the US, Australia, and France
The Senate approved the bill.b)[countable] a similar part of the government in many US states
the California state senate2 →the Senate3[countable]SEC the governingcouncil at some universitiesExamples from the Corpussenate• The first would be to create an appointedsenate, which would allow Khmer Rougeleaders to be given an officialrole.• Each delegateprepares a bill or a resolution for the mocksenate to vote on.• The Florida Legislature: Both the state senate and house of representatives have Republicanmajorities.• My old friend Roberta Foxwon his seat in the state senate.• Three years as a legislativeliaison, six years in the state senate, four tedious years as lieutenantgovernor.• Brodsky insisted that the state senate could vote on the measure in special session if it wished.• Uslar stood for the senate in 1959 on the leftwing Democratic Republican Unionticket.• The senate is the opposition's counterweight to the new president.From Longman Business DictionarySenateSen‧ate /ˈsenət/ noun [singular]in the US and some other countries, the upper part of the two parts of government with the power to make lawsOriginsenate(1100-1200)Old Frenchsenat, from Latinsenatus, from senex“old man”
