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# senate

«senate» in Mova's school dictionary: **one of the two parts of the group that makes laws in some…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a senate, senates; the Senate — a name)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A senate is one of the two parts of the group that makes laws in some countries; in the USA, Australia, Canada, Ireland (Seanad) and others, the Senate is often called the «upper house». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#m1)

2) In ancient Rome, the Senate was a council of important men who advised and ruled the Roman Republic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#m2)

3) In some universities, the senate is the group of senior teachers that runs the university. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons, the US Congress has two parts: the House of Representatives and the Senate, with two senators from every state; both must agree to make a law. Australia's Parliament also has a House of Representatives and a Senate. In UK Parliament the matching part is the House of Lords. In history lessons about Rome, senators wore togas and Julius Caesar was killed in a meeting of the Senate. Phrases: the US Senate, a senate vote, the Roman Senate, senator.

### examples

- The Senate voted on the new law. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#x1)
- Each US state has two senators in the Senate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#x2)
- The Australian Senate meets in Canberra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#x3)
- Julius Caesar was stabbed at a meeting of the Senate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#x4)
- Roman senators wore white togas with purple stripes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#x5)
- The bill must pass both the House and the Senate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#x6)
- The university senate decides on new courses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#x7)
- In the UK, the House of Lords is a bit like a senate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#x8)
- A week or two passed by, and once more they appeared in the senate house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/#x9)

### note

Countable: a senate, senates; capital S when naming a particular one: the Senate. A member is a «senator». Pronounced «SEN-it». Do not confuse with «Senate» and «Congress»: in the USA, Congress is the Senate plus the House of Representatives together.

### In the corpora

- [Rome had two consuls at the top for that very reason, and a Senate of experienced men to advise them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/13-rome-from-seven-hills-to-a-republic/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «senate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/senate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.