United States House of Representatives
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- proper noun
- /juːˈnaɪtɪd steɪts haʊs əv ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪvz/
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Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos
- The bill was passed by the United States House of Representatives after a long debate.
She is demis fag and she should be nowhere near a position of power, yet she is in the United States House of Representatives.
- She is demis fag and she should be nowhere near a position of power, yet she is in the United States House of Representatives.
- You're not allowed to wear a ball cap in the courtroom, and this bozo is wearing a ball cap in the United States House of Representatives.
Examples
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Paul Broun, member of the United States House of Representatives.
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I didn't run for the United States House of Representatives to talk about what bathroom I use.
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Ten years ago, on October 10, 2002, the United States House of Representatives made one of the most calamitous mistakes of a generation.
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Do you swear that the testimony you are about to give before this committee of the United States House of Representatives will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
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The Office of Speaker of the House of the United States House of Representatives is hereby declared vacant.
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That's how the Democratic Party will have a permanent lock on the Electoral College and win back the United States House of Representatives.
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John Andrew Boehner is the 61st and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
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Democrats did not have as strong a performance in races for the United States House of Representatives last week as they did in the contests for the Senate and the presidency.
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After fourteen years as judge of the Detroit Recorder's Court, Crockett was elected a member of the United States House of Representatives in 1980, where he served ten years.
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Alarmed by reports of Klan violence in the Southern states, the United States House of Representatives in the fall of 1921 initiated an investigation of the Klan.
Academic text (1996)
Synonyms
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3.0
The lower law-making part of the United States Congress with people chosen from each state by population
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2.8
The part of the United States Congress where elected representatives make laws
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3.1
The part of the United States Congress with elected representatives that makes and passes federal laws
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3.1
The lower part of the United States Congress that makes laws
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3.3
The lower house of the United States Congress with 435 elected members who make national laws
Surface Forms
Morphology
united + state + house + of + representative
The phrase is compositionally transparent: 'United States' identifies the nation, 'House' denotes a legislative chamber and 'Representatives' denotes elected officials, so the overall meaning follows directly from the constituents. This naming pattern is cross-linguistically common for legislative bodies, so a B1 learner who knows the component words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The United States House of Representatives gets its name from simple ideas: United States shows it is for the whole country, House means a 'meeting place', and Representatives are people 'chosen to speak for others'. So the name describes the country's group of elected people who meet to make and pass laws.