United States Senate
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- noun
- /juːˈnaɪtɪd steɪts ˈsɛnɪt/
- Formal
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Senado de los Estados Unidos
- The United States Senate is responsible for reviewing and passing federal legislation.
- United States Senate committee
- members of the United States Senate
- majority in the United States Senate
How is he expected to serve in the United States Senate for six years?
- How is he expected to serve in the United States Senate for six years?
- We see that language in the United States Senate, right?
- And the first words I hear on the floor of the United States Senate are from a southern senator George Bush couldn't sell on a troop train.
- And so I went before the United States Senate, and at that time I recorded something that Tupac had done where he talked about his mom.
Examples
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Each state elects two senators to represent them in the United States Senate.
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Recent debates in the United States Senate have focused on healthcare reform.
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How is he expected to serve in the United States Senate for six years?
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This matter is now the responsibility of the United States Senate.
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"We are going to continue with this race for the United States Senate."
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There is no future in the United States Senate for him.
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MITCHELL: I will do whatever I can in the United States Senate.
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Each of us firmly believes the United States Senate needs a fresh start.
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The Republican candidate for United States Senate will deliver remarks at approximately 7 PM.
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During my service in the United States Senate, I have often been called a liberal, and it usually was not meant to be a compliment.
Synonyms
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Part of the United States government that makes and passes laws, with two senators from each state
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The part of the United States Congress that makes and votes on national laws
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A smaller upper house in a country's government that makes and votes on laws
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A part of the United States government where elected members make laws, two from each state
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase names the Senate (the upper legislative chamber) of the United States and its meaning is directly compositional from 'United States' (the country) + 'Senate' (upper legislative body). This is a standard, cross‑linguistic naming pattern for institutional bodies, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The United States Senate gets its name from the word senate, which may come from an old word meaning 'old men' because early councils were made of respected older leaders. So today the United States Senate is the country's council where two chosen leaders from each state meet to discuss and approve laws.